All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/04/2009
OUR FAVORITE TREETOP FLYER TURNS 64 TODAY There is a ribbon of timeless beauty and sadness threaded into the melodies and words of Stephen Stills. Very much the American cousin to '60s folk rock innovators like Bert Jansch and Roy Harper, Stills embodies the surge towards modernity that marked that tumultuous decade but with the streaming reverberations of crossroads, field hollers, madrigals and other...
Christer's blog o' fun (Free subscription) | 12/31/2008
Since there are no more weeks in 2008 I would like to present to you the list of AOTW awards for 2008: Week 26: Television - Marquee Moon Week 27: Bert Jansch - The Black Swan Week 28: Machine Head - Burn My Eyes Week 29: The Doors - L.A. Woman Week 30: AC/DC - The Razor’s Edge Week 31: Alice [...]
Christer's blog o' fun (Free subscription) | 12/25/2008
These are the albums I already have that is on the list: 1950s: None :( 1960s: Bert Jansch: Bert Jansch (1965) Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (1965) Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) The Pentangle: Basket Of Light (1969) 1970s: The Doors: Morrison Hotel (1970) Neil Young: After The Gold Rush (1970) The Doors: L.A. Woman (1971) Joni Mitchell: Blue (1971) Neil Young: [...]...
Cover Lay Down (Free subscription) | 12/25/2008
It’s my engagement anniversary tonight, and the stocking are hung by the pellet stove with care. The children may not be dreaming of sugarplums just yet, but at least they’ve stopped stirring. But before I head off to cuddle by the fire with my beloved, here’s a short last-minute post for my [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
As "Winter Wonderland" inches to a chaotic close, the most striking image is that of stern folk veteran Bob Davenport sharing a mike with skittish transvestite diva Justin Bond. One of many memorable sights for people to take with them and one that sums up the evening's unlikely culture clash.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 12/21/2008
Davey Graham was the doyen of British acoustic folk guitarists. His virtuosity and invention inspired a generation of players, such as Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and John Martyn, as well as many outside the folk world, including Paul Simon and Jimmy Page.
wordsandmusic (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
Sad news. Davy Graham , one of the pre-eminent genre-crossing guitarists coming off the folk scene (and beyond) in the Sixties, has died after a brief battle with lung cancer. Maybe the pre-eminent guitarist of that generation, alongside Bert Jansch, John Renbourne and Dave Evans... The Les Cousins generation is slowly being whittled away...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
Born: 26 November, 1940, Leicester. Died: 15 December, 2008, in London, aged 68.
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
Folk legend Davy Graham, who was cited as a major influence on The Kinks, Nick Drake and Paul Simon, has died aged 68.
Cover Lay Down (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
It’s hard to overstate the influence of multiracial and multitalented guitarist Davy Graham on modern folk music. A seminal figure in the 1960s British folk revolution, Graham’s broad interest in pushing the boundaries of folk music to include jazz, blues, middle eastern, and other global musical forms opened up the genre to a [...]
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
GLASGOW guitarist Christopher Mack gets a little bossa nova in Brazil.
Cobwebs and /Strange (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Litany of Echoes contains a great deal of stunning musicianship. And James Blackshaw, who has released more full lengths in five years than anyone could expect, continues to exhibit his compositional skills. Unfortunately for him, he’s British and listeners should be able to tell pretty quickly. If given a chance, any fan can differentiate between [...]
Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
The divergence of folk music has been a common observation among fans of independent music for the past decade or so. Whether one most prefers the interpretation of Eastern European folk by the likes of Beirut and Gogol Bordello, the imaginative and somewhat historically narrative folk of the Decemberists and Sufjan Stevens, or the amusing [...]
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
“ Fleeting, like smoke. (No.2) ” 01. The Hollies - King Midas In Reverse Butterfly (1967) 02. The Dead Science - Black Lane Villainaire (Constellation, 2008) 03. Can - Vitamin C Ege Bamyasi (1972) 04. Bert Jansch - Poison Birthday Blues (Castle Music UK, 1969) 05. Moby Grape - 8:05 Moby Grape (Sundazed Music Inc, 1967) 06. Zombies - Time Of The Season Odessey and Oracle (Big [...]
SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Hush Arbors: nu-psych-folk It starts in a blur of feedback ('Water') and ends in a psychedelic frenzy of fuzz, wails and distortion ('Water II'). This is Hush Arbors, the sort of Neil Young-meets-Bert Jansch blend that you listen to in a reverence of lysergic bliss. Hush Arbors is Keith Wood and sidekick Leon Dufficy, who are memorably joined on 'Follow Closely' by guitar magician Ben Chasny of Six...
