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Davey Woodward has been a prolific songwriter with his bands The Brilliant Corners and The Experimental Pop Band. An indie pop legend to some, obscure outsider to most. He approaches his fourth decade making alternative music with the same enthusiasm and single mindedness as he did in the first.
Having recently finished recording with Karen, Davey had an idea that he wanted to record an album of songs quickly with people he had never worked with before. Davey knew the songs had to sound effortless, in many ways go back to a time when artists like Bowie would go into the studio without finished songs or someone like Dylan would work the song out while the tape was rolling. He did not want the songs to sound laboured. The Winter Orphans were born.
Julian (guitar) had not been in a studio for over a decade. Steve (drums) was playing in a million other bands but found time. Steve knew Mark who was a guitarist. Davey said well he can play bass and piano then! Davey played them the songs (the lyrics were unfinished and the chords changed many times over the five rehearsals they had prior to the recording, which took place over a long weekend in July 2017). The band said they liked the songs. They told Davey the songs sounded very personal, were they? They said it reminded them of English Folk, Courtney Barnett, The Velvets, The Band and Johnny Cash.
With those kinds of references it’s no surprise that this record takes you back to a time when albums were a collection of songs that transported you to another place. Where you would be lost in someone else’s world for half an hour. The words and music swirling around in your head for days on end. Feeling a connection with the artist. That’s a special moment that is increasingly difficult to capture in the fast foreword world we now live in. A culture where actually listening to an album of songs in one go is a rare thing. So you need to make time, sit down, relax and listen to this debut album. It won’t disappoint.
Davey Woodward and The Winter Orphans enjoyed recording this album so much that they plan to record another one. They have only played live twice but they hope to play more gigs soon.
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Inspired by Woody Guthrie’s lyric: “it was the lonesomest sound boys, that ever heard sound, boys,” acoustic folk duo Clay Parker and Jodi James have crafted a new album The Lonesomest Sound that’s refreshingly honest, moving songwriting. Surrounded by talented musicians — Clyde Thompson on fiddle, Paul Buller on pedal steel, mandolin and electric guitars; and rhythm section Micah Blouin and Davin Hinson — they have blithely managed to create an album that’s both hushed and musically complex.
Ethan Hawke heard the duo in a coffee shop in Louisiana, and cast the duo in a musical role in is forthcoming film, a biopic about Blaze Foley — a validation of their classic sound.
“Easy Breeze” winds around on a lazy beat and paints images of a whipporwills and sorrow about the passing of time, with their voices melding in earthy, old timey harmonies, with James’ highlighted as fluid and standout. “Katie’s Blues” continues the trajectory through sweet despair. “Far Away” gives Parker a chance to lead vocally and the result remains consistently lovely. “Remember it All” might be the most powerful piece on the album, “it’s a long clear night and there ain’t no one where I’m going to… do you remember it all when you were young?” “Killin’ Floor” is twelve minutes long, an earnest but at the same time sparse, painful number: “you gave me your killin’ floor… did you ever know the lonesomest song that can sound? You gave me your killin’ floor.”
Recorded at Blue Velvet Studio (engineered by Denton Hatcher) and also recorded at The Bakery Sound Studio (engineered by Joshua St. Moblo), this album is a nice summer treat.
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Released in Europe to coincide with Bruce Springsteen’s spring 1993 tour of the continent, this album is a 13-track, nearly 72-minute audio version of Springsteen’s video concert broadcast on MTV in the fall of 1992. It was part of the network’s Unplugged series, but after performing the first, previously unheard song “Red Headed Woman” alone on guitar, Springsteen shouted, “All right, let’s rock it!,” and departed from the acoustic format. (The album’s title has an “X” drawn through the “Un” of “Unplugged.”) Eight of the selections come from Springsteen’s 1992 albums Human Touch and Lucky Town, and the relatively minor tracks from the former benefit from being sequenced among the more ambitious songs from the latter and such old favorites as “Darkness on the Edge of Town” and “Thunder Road.” Though Springsteen and his new band don’t “rock it” too hard for the most part, a notable exception is a performance of the previously unrecorded “Light of Day,” a title song Springsteen wrote for a 1987 movie. Here, he gives a taste of the enthusiasm and spontaneity he can bring to his live performances. But this is an album of small pleasures rather than a major performance statement.
Tracks:
01. Red Headed Woman (Album Version)
02. Better Days (Live at Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, CA – September 1992)
03. Atlantic City (Album Version)
04. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (Album Version)
05. Man’s Job (Album Version)
06. Human Touch (Album Version)
07. Lucky Town (Album Version)
08. I Wish I Were Blind (Album Version)
09. Thunder Road (Album Version)
10. Light Of Day (Album Version)
11. If I Should Fall Behind (Album Version)
12. Living Proof (Album Version)
13. My Beautiful Reward (Album Version)
The Book Beri’ah is the final 92 compositions from Zorn’s Masada cycle. It’s coming in a limited edition box set of 11 CDs.
CD1: Keter – SOFIA REI
CD2: Chokhma – CLERIC
CD3: Binah – SPIKE ORCHESTRA
CD4: Chesed – JULIAN LAGE & GYAN RILEY
CD5: Gevurah – ABRAXAS
CD6: Tiferet – KLEZMERSON
CD7: Netzach – GNOSTIC TRIO
CD8: Hod – ZION80
CD9: Yesod – BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS
CD10: Malkhut – SECRET CHIEFS 3
CD11: Da’at – CRAIG TABORN & VADIM NESELOVSKYI (bonus CD)
CD1 Keter – SOFIA REI
compositions #11, 26, 36, 38, 53, 67, 76, 77
1. GE’ULAH
2. SETUMAH
3. KAYAM
4. RACHAMIM
5. PENIMI
6. OROT
7. TIKKUN
8. KETARIM
Sofia Rei – voice
JC Maillard – bass saz
CD2 Chokhma – CLERIC
compositions #17, 27, 31, 49, 51, 56, 58, 63, 66,
1. GADOLOT
2. PANIM
3. KAV
4. NOGAH
5. SEPAR
6. IMMA
7. TA’AMIM
8. LYYUN
9. CHALAL
Matt Hollenberg – guitars and oud
Dan Kennedy – bass
Nick Shellenberger – keyboards, vocals
Larry Kwartowitz – drums and percussion
Guests:
Timba Harris – violins (tracks 3 and 9)
Ludovic Beier – accordion and accordina (track 5)
CD3 Binah – SPIKE ORCHESTRA
compositions #25, 34, 47, 60, 69, 72, 82, 83, 91
1. LEVUSHIM
2. DAMAM
3. SHAMAYIM
4. TEVUNAH
5. TALPIOT
6. POSEKIM
7. KELIM
8. MACHSHAVAH
9. MA’AMAROT
THE SPIKE ORCHESTRA
Mike Wilkins – alto sax/clarinet
Paul Booth – tenor sax/flute
Josephine Davies – tenor/soprano sax
Gemma Moore – baritone sax/bass clarinet
Noel Langley – trumpet/flugelhorn
George Hogg – trumpet/flugelhorn
Yazz Ahmed – trumpet/flugelhorn/FX
Sam Eastmond – trumpet/shofar
Ben Greenslade-Stanton – Trombone/FX
Tim Smart – trombone
Oren Marshall – tuba
Moss Freed – guitar
Elliot Galvin – keyboards
Mike Guy – accordion
Mark Lewandowski – double bass
Will Glaser – drums/percussion
CD4 Chesed – JULIAN LAGE & GYAN RILEY
compositions #16, 32, 40, 45, 48, 54, 55, 62, 78, 85
1. KATANOT
2. ZEIR ANPIN
3. SACHEL
4. TOHU
5. HEKHALOT ZUTARI
6. SHEVIRAH
7. DEVEKUT
8. DIBOR
9. PNIMIYUT
10. BOHU
Julian Lage – guitar
Gyan Riley – guitar
CD5 Gevurah – ABRAXAS
compositions #5, 8, 10, 20, 41, 46, 80, 84, 86,
1. DIN
2. PAGAM
3. TAMIDI
4. DA’AT
5. BITTUL
6. KAVANNOT
7. QIYYUM
8. TZELEM
9. BETZALTZEL
Aram Bajakian – guitars, banjo
Eyal Maoz – guitars, saz
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – gimbri, bass, percussion
Kenny Grohowski – drums, percussion
CD6 Tiferet – KLEZMERSON
compositions #22, 23, 35, 43, 52, 59, 70, 75
1. HASHAWAH
2. MIDDOT
3. RESHIMU
4. SAPIR
5. RATZON
6. TOMER
7. NEKEVAH
8. ZIVUGIM
Benjamin Shwartz – viola, piano, keyboards.
Carina Lopez – bass
Gustavo Nandayapa – drums
Maria Emilia Martinez – flute
Federico Schmucler – guitar
Carlos Metta – percussion, jaranas
Mauricio Moro “Osito” – saxophones
Chatran Gonzalez – percussions
Guests:
Jair Alcala – accordion
Jose Paquito Hernandez – bajo sexto
Bernardo Ron – guitar
Alex Otaola – guitar
Tod Clouser – guitar
Misha Marks – horn, latarra
Fausto Palma – oud, sarangi
Dan Zlotnik – saxophone
Edson Ontiveros – violin
Rolando Morejon – violin
Omar Medina – jarana, leona
CD7 Netzach – GNOSTIC TRIO
compositions #2, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 19, 24, 33
1. PIRKE AVOT
2. HA-MURGASH
3. ATARAH
4. SHI’UR KOMA
5. SAFRA
6. RE’CHA
7. MERKABA
8. HISPASHUT
9. OLAMOT
Bill Frisell – guitar
Kenny Wollesen – vibraphone
Carol Emanuel – harp
CD8 Hod – ZION80
compositions #4, 39, 50, 57, 71, 74, 89, 90, 92
1. HOD
2. TAKHLIT
3. SHELEMUT
4. SHARAK
5. TAHOR
6. MADREGUT
7. REIAH
8. AKUDIM
9. SHMECHA
Jon Madof – guitar
Frank London – trumpet
Greg Wall – tenor sax
Jessica Lurie – bari sax, alto sax, flute
Zach Mayer – bari sax
Brian Marsella – keyboards
Yoshie Fruchter – guitar
Shanir Blumenkranz – bass
Yuval Lion – drums
Marlon Sobol – percussion
Guest:
John Zorn – sax (track 5)
CD9 Yesod – BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS
compositions #1, 3, 21, 30, 37, 42, 44, 64, 88,
1. IGGULIM
2. NEKUDIM
3. HEKHALOT RABBATI
4. BERUDIM
5. YESHUT
6. NISCHONO
7. TEHIRU
8. DIM YONI
9. TESHUVAH
Cyro Baptista – percussion
Brian Marsella – piano, vibraphone
Shanir Blumenkranz – acoustic bass
Tim Keiper – drum set
CD10 Malkhut – SECRET CHIEFS 3
compositions #6, 15, 18, 28, 29, 61, 65, 68, 73, 79, 81, 87
1. SITRA ACHRA
2. CHITZONUYUT
3. SHADIM
4. NETZOKIM
5. YEKINAH
6. NETZACH
7. SAPAR
8. MISHKAN
9. MAKIF
10. ATZMUT
11. AYIN
12. SHEMOT
Trey Spruance – guitar
Jason Schimmel – guitar
Eyvind Kang – violin
Matt Lebofsky – keyboards
Shanir Blumenkranz – bass
Ches Smith – percussion
Kenny Grohowski – drums
CD11 Da’at – CRAIG TABORN & VADIM NESELOVSKYI
compositions #11, 26, 36, 38, 53, 55, 67, 76, 77
1. PENIMI (take 1)
2. SETUMAH
3. BOHU (take 1)
4. KAYAM (take 1)
5. PENIMI (take 2)
6. KETARIM
7. GE’ULAH
8. RACHAMIM
9. OROT
10. TIKKUN
11. BOHU (take 2)
12. KAYAM (take 2)
13. PENIMI (take 3)
Craig Taborn – piano (1, 2, 3, 4, 9)
Vadim Neselovskyi – piano (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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