#4112: Folk-Inspired Guitars
Listen to an hour of music that moves in the sound world of folk guitars – from the British Isles and that so-called “folk baroque” to “American Primitive” and that of Appalachian-style music, and of course, beyond.
To set the stage of the American Primitive fingerstyle guitar players, listen to a bit of music by John Fahey along with guitar work by Welsh multi-instrumentalist (now based in Brighton, England), Gwenifer Raymond which is drawn from the roots music of Mississippi and Appalachia.
There’s also music by North Carolina-based 12-string guitarist Sarah Louise, who is one-half of the duo House and Land. Her music evokes forests and creeks and falls somewhere between the fingerpicked styles of “American Primitive” guitar (think John Fahey, Jack Rose, or Glenn Jones), and “folk baroque” (attributed to both Davy Graham and Martin Carthy and said to come from how one plays the oud.) There’s a new record, Deeper Woods, due out any day now from Sarah Louise that might evoke the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Then, listen to plucked and bowed guitar music by Seabuckthorn, aka Andy Cartwright, whose music is heavily influenced by mountain terrain as well – the Southern Alps- and who brings in atmospherics and textures of banjo, clarinet, synth, and percussion. Also, hear the updated minimalistic take on an old Appalachian song by Anna & Elizabeth -Anna Roberts-Gevalt (from Vermont), and Elizabeth LaPrelle (from Virginia)- from their recent The Invisible Comes to Us. And more.
PROGRAM #4112 Folk-Inspired Guitars (First aired 5/9/2018)
ARTIST:John Fahey
WORK: The Assassination of Stefan Grossman [2:09]
RECORDING: The Best of John Fahey 2 1964-1983
SOURCE: Takoma /Fantasy 8916
INFO: Available at Amazon.com*
ARTIST: Gwenifer Raymond
WORK: Deep Sea Diver Blues [2:31]
RECORDING: 7" w Bleeding Finger Blues (taken from the LP 'You Never Were Much of A Dancer', out June 29th on Tompkins Square) plus non-LP track. Deep Sea Diver.
SOURCE: TSQ 5524
INFO: tompkinssquare.com
ARTIST: Sarah Louise
WORK: Scarab [4:33]
RECORDING: VSDQ Acoustic Series Vol. 12
SOURCE/INFO: sarahlouise.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: House and Land
WORK: The Day Is Past And Gone [5:49]
RECORDING: House and Land
SOURCE: Thrill Jockey thrill 444
INFO: thrilljockey.com
ARTIST: Sarah Louise
WORK: Silent In Snow [4:15]
RECORDING: VSDQ Acoustic Series Vol. 12
SOURCE/INFO: sarahlouise.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Will Ackerman
WORK: The Rain Sequence [1:27]
RECORDING: It Takes A Year
SOURCE: Windham Hill #1003
INFO: Out of print. But try Amazon.com or Spotify
ARTIST: House and Land
WORK: Home Over Yonder [3:41]
RECORDING: House and Land
SOURCE: Thrill Jockey thrill 444
INFO: thrilljockey.com
ARTIST: Entourage
WORK: Tarbox Poltergeist [3:38]
RECORDING: 'Ceremony of Dreams : Studio Sessions & Outtakes, 1972-1977'
SOURCE/INFO: tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Seabuckthorn
WORK: What The Shepherds Call Ghosts [3:20]
RECORDING: A House With Too Much Fire
SOURCE: seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com
INFO: Due out June 1, 2018
ARTIST: Anna & Elizabeth
WORK: Farewell to Erin
RECORDING: The Invisible Comes to Us
SOURCE: Smithonian Folkways SFW 40229
INFO: folkways.si.edu
ARTIST: Bill Connors
WORK: Swimming With a Hole In My Body [8:17]
RECORDING: Surrender to the Water
SOURCE: ECM 8490782
INFO: ecmrecords.com
