“Armed with
nothing more than a tape recorder, a banjo, and a kitchen table to sit at, JD
Wilkes has crafted the ultimate LO-FI, Hillbilly listening experience!Imagine it: 14 old-timey tunes, crammed onto
a single 7" record and brought to you in glorious MONO!(Insert dramatic echo.)
JD Wilkes' “Kitchen Tapes”
features many classic tunes taught to him personally by the great Lee “Boy”
Sexton, one of eastern KY's last surviving pre-bluegrass banjo players, and
featured cameo musician in “Coal Miner's Daughter” and “Searching for the Wrong-Eyed
Jesus”.
Brought to you by The Pine Hill
Haints' Jamie Barrier at Arkam Records, Florence AL.. @ www.jdwilkes.com
“Dead Combo are a one of a
kind group. Their music is an eclectic combination of genres that range from
portuguese Fado to Blues and Rock n'Roll, from Latin to african music. With
just two members, their sound is minimalistic, but very smooth and engaging -
the kind of sound you expect to hear on a Quentin Tarantino movie. They are
multi-instrumentalists, and in the past have included in their songs
instruments such as the cello, piano and horns. However, with a few exceptions,
for this album they've sticked mainly to their guitars.”
@ bubblews
”Les
Triaboliques are Ben Mandelson, Lu Edmonds, and Justin Adams—guitar players who
began their popular music careers during the British punk era playing with
bands like Magazine and The Dammed, or in the case of Adams, as sideman for
people like Sinead O'Connor. They are the first to admit that American music of
the twentieth century was the first and major influence on their music, but
unlike others their musical voyage didn't stop there.
Perhaps it's only
fitting that Justin Adams has become well known for his work with the Tuareg
nomad band Tinariwen just as he, Edmonds, and Mandelson have been musical and
literal nomads. Wandering the world from Siberia to North Africa and stops in
between, each of them has absorbed a variety of influences that has broadened
their musical horizons far beyond what we normally find in popular music. It
seems only natural these three wanderers would eventually end up together when
the winds blew them back home to Great Britain—where they all originally hail
from—pooling their talents and experiences to make this recording.
The eleven tracks on
the disc not only represent their multiple influences, but also the huge
variety of instruments that each of them have taken up. Brilliantly, what
they've decided to do is not wed an instrument to its country of origin—i.e.
have an oud solely play Turkish music—but have used them where they fit best
and feel most appropriate irrespective of an individual piece of music's
background. Naturally, some of the results might sound a little startling to
your ears, especially until you get used to the sounds of the various
instruments, but if you can put aside any preconceived notions on how a song is
supposed to sound you're in for some delightful surprises..”
Dirty Granny Tales describe themselves as: “What happens when music brings puppets to life? It’s when the Dirty Granny tells her stories…
This is not the sweet Grandma that will narrate a fairy tale for the children in front of the fireplace. She is not the one to knit a woollen scarf while the kitten cuddles on her feet.
This old woman is dirty, releasing a rotting smell. You can’t define the gaze on her face, because it’s absent, you can’t stand the timbre of her voice because it’s piercing your brain with the strength of a thousand needles.
Her guise is freezing cold, makes you wonder if she belongs to your World. What kind of stories would such a creature chronicle? Not the kind that work as a lullaby… The more repulsive her aura, the more you become bewitched. What is that she is knitting with her nails? Would you dare to try it on?”
