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From "For Tom Carter" the 99 Track download compilation on Deserted Village. All proceeds from sales of this compilation will go towards Tom Carter's Medical bills incurred after getting pneumonia on tour in 2012.
http://desertedvillage.bandcamp.com/album/for-tom-carter
http://www.wholly-other.com/tom_carter.html

P.G. Six - Winter's Blues - Carolan's Farewell

Recorded this instrumental on a rainy day down in the car park some time last year. I was recording it for my Nan but have yet to send it on to her. She probably would think it was too slow anyway.

Raining Lord Mayo

"secret track" from Bad Braids LP Arrow and Orb (2011)

Mike Bruno- Vocals, Guitar
Paul Christian- Flute
Cameron Vance- Percussion
Megan Biscieglia- Vocals, Guitar

Cover in the style of the Everly Brothers 
Recorded at The Emoda Gallery in Philadelphia, PA

Bad Braids ft. Mike Bruno + Paul Christian + Cameron Vance- Down In The Willow Garden

Out Now ! Reissue of Smoke Dawson's 1971 private press LP, 'Fiddle,' out on Tompkins Square. CD/LP/DL

George "Smoke" Dawson played banjo in MacGrundy's Old-Timey Wool Thumpers with Peter Stampfel (later of Holy Modal Rounders) in 1960, lived for years at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY, and roamed around the US as an itinerant bagpipe and fiddle player for decades. Dawson was also part of a rotating troupe of Bay Area musicians known as Golden Toad, who would open for the Grateful Dead on occasion, lead by Bob Thomas, who created the iconic skull and lightning Dead logo. 

"A panorama of rural American music, replete with a healthy old-world influence." - PASTE



The Minotaur by Smoke Dawson

The opening track from side A of Fat Baby Blues (Tape/Download)by @wovenskull on Deserted Village.

Woven Skull - Fat Baby Blues excerpt

Tompkins Square and Ryley Walker teamed up to produce a reissue of guitarist John Hulburt's 1972 private press LP, Opus III, released in 2015. Ryley and Bill MacKay released their duo LP, Land of Plenty, in 2015 as well. And now Bill MacKay releases his own album of John Hulburt tunes !

Through his extensive work in creative folk, experimental rock, and improvised jazz, Bill MacKay has emerged as a highly inventive composer-songwriter and versatile, unpredictable guitarist. MacKay's recent releases include a duo record with Ryley Walker entitled 'Land of Plenty', and 'Altamira', the third recording by his band Darts & Arrows. MacKay is now featured on Tompkins Square in a unique setting playing music by Chicago folk legend John Hulburt.

'Sunrise: Bill MacKay plays the songs of John Hulburt' features MacKay's intimate takes on a handful of songs from Hulburt's 'Opus III' LP. 'Opus III' demonstrates Hulburt's incisive and melodic songwriting and sure command of fingerstyle guitar.

Rather than radically reinterpret the material, MacKay chose to largely follow the contours and melodic structures of Hulburt's originals while imparting his own unique phrasing and colors to the arrangements.  His very personal interpretations on Sunrise should lead listeners not only to 'Opus III', but also to MacKay's own impressive and diverse catalog of songs and sounds.

Sunrise : Bill MacKay Plays The Songs of John Hulburt

Sunrise

Sunrise - Bill MacKay

Live at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. 1977

Polly Bolton with Dando Shaft - River Boat

Following his recent single with The Bellrays' Lisa Kekaula, "I Love My Tutu," The Stooges' James Williamson has collaborated with singer, violinist and composer Petra Haden  for a new benefit single "Blues Jumped The Rabbit" backed with "Last Kind Words." Both of these songs are traditional folk/blues compositions. The lyrics for the A-side can be traced back to Blind Lemon Jefferson's 1926 recording "Rabbit Foot Blues" for Paramount Records, while the B-side was first recorded by blues enigma Geeshie Wiley back in 1930, also for Paramount.

Williamson explains the collaboration with Haden, "I first became aware of Petra by listening to her amazing acapella version of The Who Sell Out. She was phenomenal at imitating not only the vocals but all of the instruments as well." 
 
"Of course I knew of her dad Charlie Haden. He had played bass with two of my all time FAV RAVs Keith Jarrett and Carla Bley. And she also sings with Bill Frisell and others from time to time where her voice is practically another instrument."
 
"I asked her to come in and do a demo with me in L.A. while working on the last Iggy and the Stooges record Ready to Die. I was hooked. Not only did she sing with perfect pitch, but she also played her violin with authority and tasteful music sensibilities."
 
"I used her to great effect as a background singer thereafter on Ready to Die, my last solo album Re-Licked and "I Love My Tutu" single, but I have always wished that I could find the right songs to spotlight her as a lead vocalist."
 
"Then along came these two traditional songs 'Blues Jumped The Rabbit' and 'Last Kind Words.'"
 
"Thankfully Petra loved them as much as I did, so we went in and made this record. We both are really happy we did. We hope you'll like it too."
 
James Williamson and Petra Haden’s “Blues Jumped The Rabbit” / “Last Kind Words” single will be available on 7-inch vinyl and digital formats on August 19th. Proceeds from this record will benefit Tazzy Animal Rescue Fund (http://tazzyfund.com).
 
This is the second of three singles that James Williamson will be releasing this year. The first was with The Bellrays' Lisa Kekaula for their single "I Love My Tutu" / "Never Far From Where The Wild Things Are" out now digitally through iTunes here and on 7-inch vinyl on August 12th through Amazon and finer record stores. Proceeds from this record will benefit Project Hawai’i, which helps homeless children in Hawaii. 
 
More info on the third upcoming single collaboration to be announced soon.

FOR MORE INFO ON JAMES WILLIAMSON:
http://straightjameswilliamson.com
 
FOR MORE INFO ON PETRA HADEN:
http://www.petrahaden.com
 
FOR MEDIA AND INTERVIEW REQUESTS:
Tony Bonyata
Pavement PR
p: 262.903.7775
e: tony@pavementpr.com
http://www.pavementpr.com


 "Blues Jumped The Rabbit" Single

James Williamson & Petra Haden - Blues Jumped The Rabbit

First-generation American Primitive guitarist Richard Osborn studied and performed with Robbie Basho in the 60's. After 45 years, Osborn finally recorded, appearing on Tompkins Square's 'Beyond Berkeley Guitar' comp in 2010. 'Endless' is his first widely available solo guitar album. 

"[Osborn has] an unhurried, quiet spirit of adventure, a love of ringing strings and slowly revelatory meditations on the natural world." 
-Acoustic Guitar Magazine

"He's a student of mine and he's better technically than me or Fahey." 
- Robbie Basho

Richard Osborn
Endless
Available Jan 27, 2017 LP (TSQ5340) CD (TSQ5333) Digital
Tompkins Square is distributed by INgrooves and Revolver in the US
Cargo UK for Europe

Endless

Buy LP(ltd ed 500)/ CD

In A Monastery Garden by Richard Osborn

This is an old song that I re-recorded last summer at The Sparkle, Oregon. Peter Broderick is on drums, David Allred on upright bass and Selah Broderick on flute. 
It is the first track of a collection of songs 'The Ones You Keep Close'  which is now available for pre-order on
https://oscarson.bandcamp.com/album/brigid-mae-power-the-ones-you-keep-close
and is out on April 15. 2017. It's available on 12" vinyl and Cassette tape.  They also feature 6 pieces of artwork and lyric sheets..  Limited to 300 copies!

I don't know how to do this naturally (newer version)

Zane Campbell - No More Songs (Phil Ochs)

“I Wish I Knew” is from the forthcoming album '(it was) because i was in love’ - a remastered reissue of Sharon’s 2009 debut album. 

‘(it was) because i was in love’ out November 17, 2017. Pre-order here: http://fanlink.to/sve_itwas 

Follow Sharon Van Etten:
http://facebook.com/SharonVanEttenMusic 
http://twitter.com/sharonvanetten 
http://instagram.com/sharonvanhalen 
http://sharonvanetten.com

Sharon Van Etten - I Wish I Knew

Cusp

Ether & Wood

First experiment with new kit. 1% Editing. Not trimmed. Clicks, stops and starts for free.

The Wolves Are Running

Finbar Furey has already achieved legendary status as a folk icon to a whole generation and "Colours", with its powerful mix of contemporary original songs and intriguing, modern interpretations of classic Irish songs guarantees his status as one of today's greatest Irish performers and will instantly appeal to a new audience.  The album features guest performances from Shayne Ward, winner of The X Factor, and Mary Black as well as a cover of Bob Dylan's timeless "Blowin' In The Wind"

Starting in the late-1960s and with different configurations of his brothers in The Fureys, Finbar has been well respected for his voice, guitar and banjo playing.  As one of the finest uilleann pipe players in the world, he pushed the instrument of his Irish roots into the sphere of contemporary music.  His influence can be heard throughout recent years’ popular music from Riverdance to Black 47.  The Fureys had a dozen high charting singles in Ireland, England and Australia, most recently in 2008. Early in his career, Finbar had a stint as the lead singer of the groundbreaking band The Clancy Brothers.

Outside of his songwriting and performing, Finbar has had success as an actor appearing in films including Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York.  He recently appeared in the films Paris/Sexy and Strength and Honour as well as the RTÉ Television series Love/Hate.

Colours

Finbar Furey - "Colours" from "Colours"

Young Blood Blues - Hurray for the Riff Raff

The Rising Cost of Livin’ High and Lovin’ Hard: A 2xLP Tribute to Kris Kristofferson:

TO HELP OUT, PLEASE VISIT: http://kickstarter.piaptk.com

Kris Kristofferson’s music might not be quite as well known as his buddies Waylon, Willie, and Johnny, (who he in a super-group, called The Highwaymen, with) but amongst songwriters in the know, he is just as highly respected. Rhodes Scholar, helicopter pilot, songwriter, janitor, actor, heartthrob, and all-around Renaissance Man. His history is just as legendary as any of his outlaw country counterparts.

And now, PIAPTK Records wants to pay homage to this living legend and his songwriting through a new double LP full of amazing artists putting their own personal spin on his classic tales of ne’er-do-wells, miscreants, ladies men, hard luck heroes, and misunderstood every-men battling the devil. We contacted all of the friends and artists that we have worked with over the years, and within months, we had over 25 incredible submissions.

Unfortunately, we need your help to release this amazing double album. PIAPTK Records has released 95 records over the last 6 years. However, in the next several months, PIAPTK will be dramatically decreasing releases as it’s proprietor gets ready to move his wife and 2 year old daughter into a motor home to hit the road and take travel jobs for the foreseeable future. Therefore, we have neither the money, nor the storage space required to produce a double LP.

In addition, in order to produce a tribute album, one most pay mechanical royalties to the songwriter. While some small labels/independent artists do not pay these royalties on small run releases, we, at PIAPTK, have always felt it important to compensate the writers of the songs that our artists love enough to record. We feel especially dutiful to compensate Kris. However, these royalties are no small sum. $.11 per song, per copy produced (not sold), plus a registration fee for each song. Another problem with vinyl compilations is the problem of artist copies. The artists have donated their time and recording expense to make these recordings, but at the industry-standard artist copy distribution (10%), each artist will only receive 2 copies (not even enough for everyone in the band to receive one, in many cases!)

So, with 23 songs times 500 copies times $.10 each, a run of 500 double albums is $1100 just in royalties. Mastering, plating, pressing, printing of covers, shipping, etc of a double LP is close to $6,000. Meaning that all in all, this project will cost $7,100. Many of the artists involved have contributed to the cause, but we still need a LOT of help to make this happen.

We are asking, no…, begging, for you to help us make this project that we believe so deeply in, a reality. While we really need $6,000, we are setting the first bar at $4,000. Anything above and beyond that will be used to make the record better, the packaging better, and to fund additional artist copies.

The Rising Cost of Livin’ High and Lovin’ Hard: A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson:

SIDE A:
Golden Boots – Best of All Possible Worlds
The Gifted Children – Enough For You
Assateague – Josie
RFK Heise – Stranger
Ohian – Year 2000 + 7&5
Wckr Spgt – Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down

SIDE B:
The Gift Machine – The Taker
Wooden Wand feat. The Scrivener – Tell Me One More Time
The Blank Tapes – Other Side of Nowhere
Great Lakes – Nobody Wins
New Science Projects – The Pilgrim: Chapter 33
Amo Joy! – Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down
Miniature and Presidential – Bottle to the Bottom

SIDE C:
Timezone Lafontaine, Andras Jones, Sandman The Rappin’ Cowboy, and Calvin Johnson – The Highwayman
The Ocean Floor – For the Good Times
Pashernate Richard – Casey’s Last Ride
Daring Ear – Silver Tongued Devil and I
Southerly – Same Old Song

SIDE D:
Matt Hopper – Jody and the Kid
Turner Cody – Sam’s Song
The Black Swans – Moment of Forever
Good Saints – Breakdown
Bob Simpson – Jesus Was A Capricorn

Wooden Wand Feat The Scrivener - Tell Me One More Time

This isn't a completed song as such, just a snippet of when I was recording down in the car park alone with my accordion. I stop half way through in the song because I got freaked out and thought I heard footsteps. Helicopter features at the end!

Ghosties

Track taken from the upcoming album 'Spoicke'...

United Bible Studies - Hazlehurst Requiem

We are quiet now

Been blogging, music sharing, etc. for a while now (see blog under this name) & DJing since 1982. I like all kinds of music.

Most of my playlists are not organized & just hold songs I'm interested in, many of which I haven't listened to yet. The "freeform current listening" playlist is as it says & will be updated regularly. Many of my reposts were unintentional, they were just random tracks I was trying to add to a playlist using my phone & I've got clumsy fingers.

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