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REDBIRD Live (Mulvey/Foucault/Delmhorst/Goodrich)
Redbird, the folk supergroup made up of Peter Mulvey / Jeffrey Foucault / Kris Delmhorst / David Goodrich, is coming out with their second album…
Each December for the past seven years Redbird has played a sold-out three-night stand at the venerable Café Carpe in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Now Redbird Live at the Café Carpe invites you into the session, culling from these intimate shows performances of songs ranging from Mississippi John Hurt to Merle Haggard and Tin Pan Alley (along with a few well-chosen originals), and recapturing the magic and depth of songs passed between friends in a crowded bar.
- I’m Beginning to see the Light
- Strangers
- What Made Milwaukee Famous
- Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
- For the Turnstiles
- Ships
- Snowed In
- Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me
- Silver Wings
- Ooh La La
- Phonebooth of Love
- Stewart’s Coat
- Sad, Sad, Sad, Sad, and Faraway From Home (Mulvey)
- 4 & 20 Blues (Foucault)
http://younghunter.com/store/redbird-live.php
Mine is gladly on order… I’d urge you to follow suit. You won’t be disappointed. I’d also highly recommend their first album – a studio venture (out in 2005).
~Dan – np: Frank Zappa – Broadway the Hard Way 
Earth’s new album
Sludge metal, drone craftsman Earth come back with a new album in February called Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1. This follows up their stupendous 2008 album, The Bees Made Honey in the Lion Skull. Angels/Demons comes out on Southern Lord, and frontman Dylan Carlson and percussionist Adrienne Davies brought in former Nirvana cellist Lori Goldston and K Records artist Karl Blau to join the lineup. Classic 1993 album Earth 2 producer Stuart Hallerman is again at the controls.
- Old Black
- Father Midnight
- Descent to the Zenith
- Hell’s Winter
- Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1
This album is definitely high on my anticipation list for 2011. They’ve been around for a long time, but I didn’t get into them until 2008 with Bees Made Honey…, and then I saw them at WOW Hall in June 2008. Brilliant show.
~Dan – np: My Brightest Diamond – Shark Remixes
Chali 2Na – Step Yo Game Up (video)
Jurassic 5 / Ozomatli rapper Chali 2Na just released another video from his latest album, Fish Market Part 2… this one for “Step Yo Game Up“…
Directed by James Kapner
~Dan – np: My Brightest Diamond – Shark Remixes
More Hi-Res Photos added from Le Serpent Rouge show (WOW Hall 11/30)
I just added nineteen (19) new / better photos of Tuesday’s Le Serpent Rouge show which were shot by Margaret O’Brien of emobie photography. Check ’em out at the original review post…
Erik Friedlander to play John Zorn (1/8/2011 in Eugene, OR)
New York cellist Erik Friedlander is coming back to Oregon. I saw him last year in Portland performing his Block Ice and Propane songs. This time, he’s coming to Eugene to play his songs from John Zorn‘s Masada Book Two: Volac.
The solo cello show will be Saturday, January 8, 2011 @ 7:30 at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts in Eugene, Oregon.
Tickets are on-sale now. For more info:
http://theshedd.org/divP/series.aspx?event=1868
Check out the album, Masada Book Two: Book of Angels, Vol. 8 (Volac)…
~Dan – np: My Brightest Diamond – A Thousand Sharks Teeth
Faith No More & Sparks (live last night)
A lot of bands put out special one-off collaborations. Not many actually perform those one-off songs in a live setting.
Well, Faith No More‘s collaboration with Sparks called “This Town Ain’t Big Enough For the Both of Us” is one of my favorite b-sides of theirs. They did it last night at the Los Angeles Paladium show (Dec 1, 2010)… with Sparks…
Officially, surprisingly MORE jealous of those who went – as this seems legendary. FYI, the recorded version was released as a UK single and on Sparks’ Plagiarism album.
~Dan – np: Faith No More vs. Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough
Jelly Jam – Additives (EP)
The Jelly Jam supergroup featuring Ty Tabor (King’s X), John Myung (Dream Theater) and Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs) is working on album #3. They just announced last night the digital release of Additives…
- Previously unheard audio from the practice sessions that yielded the 2nd album.
- Complete STEM mixes for the song, “I Can’t Help You” (album version on the debut album). Stem mixes are hi-res stereo MP3 files with isolated vocals and instrument reduction tracks. Anyone with basic digital audio editing software can virtually remix the entire song. Hear the individual performances of each band member. Have fun, add your own parts, etc. along with the band! Including:
- Drums
- Bass
- Rhythm Guitars
- Lead Guitar
- Lead Vocals
- Backing Vocals
- Also included in “Additives” are 4 Ringtones of Jelly Jam tunes. Each ringtone is included as a *M4R (Ringtone) file as well as an MP3 file:
- “Nature’s Girl” (from The Jelly Jam)
- “I Am the King” (from The Jelly Jam)
- “Not Today” (from 2)
- “Allison” (from 2)
Go forth and remix (and um… get phonecalls)… it’s available only at Molken Music:
http://molkenmusic.com/store/shop/details.php?id=45
~Dan – np: The Album Leaf – A Chorus of Storytellers
Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger’s “Schroedinger’s Cat”
Behold… Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp-Muhl of Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger‘s debut video from Acoustic Sessions is “Schroedinger’s Cat“…
See if you can count / list all of the historical figures and celebrities. 1-2-3-Go!
REVIEW: Le Serpent Rouge @ WOW Hall (Eugene, OR – 11/30/10)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
12/3 update: emobie photographs added
Last night, the Indigo Bellydance group and friends brought Eugene the stupendously entertaining Le Serpent Rouge: An Evening of Beguiling Dance and Strangely Familiar Music.
Le Serpent Rouge is a traveling road show that captivates. At its core it is the Indigo: made up of Mardi Love, Rachel Brice, and Zoë Jakes (L-to-R in picture to the right).
While they have danced in various groups — including the Bellydance Superstars, Beats Antique and the Yard Dogs Road Show — The Indigo is the group that they call home. They each bring their own influences to make their own modern dance forms unique. Love’s fluidity, Brice’s sinewy strength, and Jakes’ intensity and charm make their sum greater than each one individually. They are known to be theatrical and playful, often playing characters within their performances.
While rooted in Middle Eastern styles, their dance style for this tour might be found in an old West saloon mixed with a Prohibition-era speakeasy. The burlesque and tribal fusion bellydance fits snugly with steampunk-meets-flapper blues/jazz/jug band from the Crow Quill Night Owls and Gallus Brothers. Tub bass, washboard, kazoo, banjo, guitars, percussive bones, feathers, tattoos and legs.
Local group Blair Street Mugwumps were the openers the show… fantastic performers. I had never heard them, but I had heard of them, and well, now I’ll make a point to hear more of them. All fantastic musicians, and while not all that dissimilar from the main group, they were a noticeable difference from “just another opening band.” A jug band with a modern edge. Quite entertaining.
Le Serpent Rouge started with Rachel Brice coming out dressed as an old lady… and introducing the show for us. The show was a nice mix of saloon tunes from Crow Quill Night Owls and the Gallus Brothers with dancing (group, duo and solo) and skits mixed in. The dramatic side of the Indigo shone through in their silly stage presence.
As far as the backing bands… the Gallus Brothers were actually part of the Crow Quill Night Owls band, but then splintered off to do silly tricks, juggling, and of course… glitter throwing. Here’s a shot of one of their silly tricks during a song…
Of course, the ladies of the Indigo were lovely… here are a few photos, with more at the bottom. I’ll also post some from Margaret O’Brien (emobie photography) once she gets them edited… update: added 12/3.
many more photos below
The Appropriate Linkage:
- The Indigo’s Main Site / Zoe / Rachel / Mardi
- The Indigo’s Social Media Links (see below)
- Crow Quill Night Owls‘ MySpace
- Gallus Brothers‘ MySpace
- Blair St. Mugwumps’ Site / Facebook / MySpace / Twitter
- My Other Related Reviews~
- Beats Antique @ McDonald (Eugene Celebration – Aug 2010)
- Beats Antique @ Faeireworlds (Mt. Pisgah – Jul 2009)
- The Indigo @ Oregon Country Fair (Veneta – Jul 2008)
- WOW Hall’s Site / Facebook / Twitter
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Tonight is their last night of the tour (Dec 1st at Portland’s Mississippi Studios). For a list of where they’ve played, check below.
~Dan – np: Puscifer – C is for…
LE SERPENT ROUGE PHOTOS
all pictures (cc) 2010 Daniel Temmesfeld
and Margaret O’Brien (emobie photography)
you may use freely under a creative commons attribution
(click for larger)
Le Serpent Rouge Fall 2010 Tour Dates
- 11/5 – Seattle, WA – Market Theater
- 11/6 – Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo
- 11/9 – Ashland, OR – CultureWorks
- 11/11 – Sabastopol, CA – Hopmonk Tavern
- 11/12 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
- 11/14 – Reno, NV – The Great Escape
- 11/16 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
- 11/18 – Tucson, AZ – Solar Culture
- 11/20 – Albuquerque, NM – Low Spirits
- 11/23 – Los Angeles, CA – King King
- 11/28 – Santa Cruz, CA – Moe’s Alley
- 11/30 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
- 12/1 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Le Serpent Rouge later today…
Sorry for the delay… The Indigo‘s Le Serpent Rouge show in Eugene’s WOW Hall last night was excellent. Review and more photos to be posted later today / this evening…
more photos soon…
~Dan
Over the Rhine – The Laugh of Recognition
Great new musicFOG video of Over the Rhine performing “The Laugh of Recognition” from their forthcoming album, The Long Surrender:
TLS comes out February 8, 2011.
http://overtherhine.com/
~Dan – np: Ozric Tentacles – The Yumyum Tree
Derek Webb – Democracy Vol 1 #11
One a month in 2010…
Derek Webb‘s Democracy Vol 1 is rolling along… This month, it is “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen. Interesting sounds coming through my speakers… sounds vintage (guitar & keyboard tones and recording). Looking forward to listening to this on better-than-my-work-PC-speakers. The high-end is too much for this PC, methinks. I dig it, though. Nice pacing, and different than a Martin Sexton (or other singer-songwriter) version.
Oh, and if you missed it, Derek Webb put out his instrumental album Feedback on November 2nd. Check out my take on it HERE.
For those not in the know, Democracy Vol 1 was part of the Stockholm Syndrome pre-order package, but it is now a stand-alone item over at the DW store. Only $6 (USD) and you get the following (plus future releases):
- January: The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- February: Coldplay – Fix You
- March: Bob Dylan – The Times They Are A-Changin’
- April: Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
- May: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
- June: U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
- July: Huey Lewis & the News – Power of Love
- August: The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
- September: Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
- October: Radiohead – Karma Police
- November: Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
- December: TBD
Volume 2? You decide!!!
~Dan – np: Múm – Loksins Erum Við Engin
Democracy Vol. 1 is the first in a series of subscription based albums of cover songs that Derek will be recording annually, starting January 2010. Those who participate will not only receive the exclusive album, but will democratically decide what songs Derek will record.
Ever wished you could hear Derek cover your favorite Beatles song? Or Backstreet Boys song? Or even re-record your favorite old Caedmon’s Call song? Here’s your chance. Songs will be nominated and voted down to 12. Derek will record them (demo quality) and deliver them digitally (320kbps MP3s), one song per month for 12 months. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unique collaborative project with Derek Webb!
my ideas for Frank Zappa tribute beers
Well, I wanted to get this down on record… hey, any brewers, feel free to steal my ideas. I’m gonna try to make these eventually, but you’ll likely make the better beer than I would… :)
I got an idea whilst listening to Frank Zappa‘s 1978 Hammersmith Odeon show, and post-watching the Brew Masters show on the Discovery Channel which covered Dogfish Head‘s creation of the Bitches Brew tribute beer (to Mile Davis).
My idea:
We need more Zappa beers!!
Lagunitas Brewing did an amazing job on their 40th Anniversary tributes to the first five FZ albums. Upright Brewing made “Billy the Mountain” (a traditional English-style Old Ale, having undergone over five months of oak barrel aging and another several months in the bottle). I hear Upright is about to go into Billy round 2. I have a bottle of the 2009, but I haven’t popped it yet. Rogue Ales has “Yellow Snow” – which may or may not be a FZ tribute. I mean, FZ didn’t invent the term.
Anyway, here are my thoughts on potential Frank Zappa theme beers…
’Amarillo Brillo IPA: 100% use of Amarillo hops. I envision this being a bold, citrus-y hop forward IPA. This is probably the one I could pull off easiest, even in an extract brew setting.
Sour Peaches En Regalia (sorry, Reg-ale-yuh was too corny): I’ve been really digging sour Belgian-style beers. I’m fully blaming my friend and fellow beer-making Zappa head Aaron for that. He turned me on to sours, and it’s mainly what I crave now. I envision this Peaches En Regalia sour to be similar to Cascade Brewing‘s Apricot… but with peaches (duh!). Cascade’s approach is “slow-ripened before being introduced to the beer. Based on a Belgian Tripel, this beer went through 16 months lactic fermentation and aging in French oak wine barrels, then rested on the fruit for four months before finishing.”
Watermelon Ale in Easter Hay: Frank’s guitar solo for “Watermelon in Easter Hay” is one where I distinctly recall stopping what I was doing to skip back to the beginning of the track and re-listening immediately (from the Guitar record). I love it! For the beer… maybe a wheat beer with watermelon added in secondary (a la 21st Amendment‘s “Hell or High Watermelon” wheat). I’ll admit, I loved 21st’s watermelon the first time I had it (KLCC brewfest 2009). It has sunk on my priority list on 2nd and 3rd tastes (KLCC 2010, Sasquatch, etc)… so, some reworking of that for the FZ tribute.
Pound for a Brown Ale: This one would have to be a hoppy brown ale. To not ruin your pallet, I’d suggest fresh (wet) hops to come up with the required pound of hops. At a rough 5 to 1 ratio, that’s still a big hop build for a 5 gallon beer recipe (3.2 ounces dry hop equivalent).
The inspiration (first appeared on)…
Any other homebrewers wanna tackle recipes? I’m still new to the craft. Let’s just put these on my long-term pipeline for now…
Ya Hozna!
~Dan – np: Frank Zappa – Hammersmith Odeon
Credo & Riceboy Sleeps (live stream)
New York’s WQXR streamed the Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival live, and it is still available as streaming (or download if you’re crafty). The White Light Festival was the world premiere of Credo from Kjartan Sveinsson and Jónsi Birgisson, from the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós.
Kjartan’s Credo and Cage a Swallow Can’t You but you Can’t Swallow a Cage features the Hilliard Ensemble, the Latvian National Choir and the Wordless Music Orchestra led by Jeffrey Milarsky. Later in the stream features an interview with Jónsi & Alex and their world premiere of their Riceboy Sleeps songs in a live setting, orchestrated by David Handler.
Check out the stream here:
http://wqxr.org/articles/q2-live-concerts/2010/nov/22/credo-credo/
~Dan – np: Iron & Wine – Walking Far From Home
new HF song @ Debaser Slussen
New Holy Fuck song premiered at their Debaser Slussen gig in Stockholm, Sweden:
They follow it up with “P.I.G.S.“…
~Dan – np: Dr Dre – Detox
Tango Saloon with Mike Patton (video)
How did I miss this video for two years?
Cartoon animation (from the Portuguese cartoon O Vampiro Turma da Monica) to the Tango Saloon song “Dracula Cha Cha” featuring Mike Patton on vocals.
“Dracula Cha Cha” comes from Tango Saloon’s Transylvania (out in 2008 – which hasn’t appeared stateside, yet). Mike Patton (whose Ipecac label released the Tango Saloon’s debut album in the U.S.) is only featured on the one track. Patton fans, don’t discount that… the entire album is pretty great.
I got my copy via the Amazons… for not too hefty a price (but now it’s ludicrous). you may have better luck contacting bandleader Julian Curwin directly (via one of his MySpace pages).
~Dan – np: Medeski Martin & Wood – Stone: Issue 4
Sufjan Stevens “Too Much” (music video)
Sufjan Stevens made his network TV debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Friday 11/19 (♥), and now the release of the “official music video” for “Too Much” from The Age of Adz today…
It is the video that played behind his band during the recent tour (my photo from the Portland show above). The video is as energetic and enigmatic as the Fallon performance. I’m digging it.
~Dan – np: Múm – Yesterday Was Dramatic – Today Is Ok
in the studio…
Twitter updates…
Shara Worden (aka My Brightest Diamond) posted this on her twitter yesterday…
This would presumably be her 3rd studio album under the MBD moniker – unless she’s working on some other side-project. Stayed tuned here and at http://www.mybrightestdiamond.com/ as things develop.
Ty Tabor (of King’s X) posted this on his twitter & Facebook yesterday…
Working on vocals for the new Jelly Jam disc today!
Jelly Jam is his “super group” rock side-project with John Myung (bass, Dream Theater) and Rod Morgenstein (drums, Dixie Dregs). This will be their 3rd album… expected early 2011 release. http://www.tytabor.com/
~Dan – np: Peter Mulvey – five thirty a.m.
Sufjan plays “Too Much” on Jimmy Fallon
Sufjan Stevens and his Age of Adz band hit Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night. Quirky, to say the least. I love it… check the video over on Stereogum (sorry wp.com doesn’t support all flash video formats):
http://stereogum.com/583011/sufjan-plays-fallon/video/
Check out photos from the Portland Oregon show a few weeks ago…
~Dan – np: Peter Mulvey – The Trouble with Poets
Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane vinyl (photos)
Mike Patton posted these shots of the Mondo Cane vinyl to his Facebook page yesterday. It’s lookin’ niiiiiiice! It’s also limited edition; so if you haven’t ordered it – get on that soon!
Pretty!
~Dan – np: Peter Mulvey – Glencree
-Eyvind Kang
-Frank Zappa
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