Podcast appearances and mentions of robbie basho

The history of Takoma records from the early recordings of John Fahey to Robbie Basho, to Bukka White as well as Leo Kottke and Craig Leon. Playlist: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19642812/Threading-The-Needle

Austin's Matt the Electrician joins us this week to talk about his new album, 'The Ocean Knocked Me Down.' He also gives us a mini master class on being a productive songwriter.  We also talk about John Allison Guitars, the Austin music scene today, the weekly songwriting group helmed by Bob Schneider and so much more. https://matttheelectrician.bandcamp.com Subscribe to the Fretboard Journal and get our new 53rd issue featuring Ben Harper, Joanna Sternberg, Robbie Basho, and Kate Wolf's guitar:  https://shop.fretboardjournal.com/products/fretboard-journal-annual-subscription Registration is now open to attend our 2024 Fretboard Summit: https://fretboardsummit.org/ If you enjoy this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and consider joining the Fretboard Journal's new Patreon page. Thank you to our sponsors: Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar, Peghead Nation (use the promo code FRETBOARD and get your first month free or $20 off any annual subscription); and Stringjoy Strings (get 10% off your order with the FRETBOARD discount code). This episode is also sponsored by iZotope. Use the discount code FRET10 to save 10% off of your Izotope order.

This episode features a long awaited conversation with Daniel Bachman. Don't fret the early audio issues, we cross that hurdle, skim through a little local Virginia stuff, and get into the making of his latest record "When The Roses Come Again" and so much more. This includes the incredible "Stop MVP" benefit album Daniel helped put together with WarHen records. You can hear all about that, Daniel's background and even a teaser of future music in our chat. Be sure to stick around for some Good Old Grateful Dead!"When The Roses Come Again" is available now from Three Lobed Recordings via Bandcamp at ThreeLobed.Bandcamp.com. The entire album is beautiful and I highly recommend the LP."STOP MVP: Artists From WV, VA & NC Against The Mountain Valley Pipeline" is also available now from WarHen Record via Bandcamp at WarHenRecords.Bandcamp.com. This features an amazing lineup for an amazing cause. Please check it out.Buck Curran's fundraiser to restore Robbie Basho's 12-string guitar is ongoing and you can learn more via the article in this month's Acoustic Guitar Magazine. You can chip in at ObsoleteRecordings.Bandcamp.com. The Brokedown Podcast is part of Osiris Media. Osiris is creating a community that connects people like you with podcasts and live experiences about artists and topics you love. Check out osirispod.com for more!As mentioned, you can also grab my latest album, "So Below" from my Bandcamp page: JMHart.bandcamp.com and it you would like a BrokedownPod t-shirt or sticker or other merch in that vein, please head over to my Redbubble virtual merch table. All proceeds go straight toward hosting costs and are much appreciated.The Brokedown Podcast is on Mastodon! My account can be found @rowjimmy@shakedown.social. I still have an Instagram account under the handle, @brokedownpod. If you like pictures of things, you can find that here: BrokedownPod Instagram. Also, if you use Apple Podcasts, please consider posting a review as it really help get the word out.Also, please keep sending your metaphorical cards and letters. Leave a comment on the blog or hit me up on any of the above social media. Let me know what I'm doing right, wrong, or horribly wrong.

Musician, therapist and zine publisher Matt Baldwin joins us this week for an insightful chat about the creative process and so much more. Matt talks to us about his career as a guitarist and the influence that Robbie Basho and John Fahey had on his largely self-taught playing. We also talk about his 'How to Play Guitar' zine series, where he shares some of his favorite tips, quotes, and life hacks. Last but not least, we discuss the Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy that he's conducting out of his Southern California office and learn about the crucial role that music plays in these sessions with his clients.  Some links discussed in this episode: https://www.instagram.com/baldwin_unlimited/ https://www.ketamineprovidersnetwork.com/ https://www.music-centered.org/ https://bandcamp.com/tag/psychic-arts Want to meet some of the many personalities interviewed on this podcast? Come to our 2023 Fretboard Summit August 24-26, 2023 at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. Register here: https://fretboardsummit.org/ Subscribe to our magazine here: https://shop.fretboardjournal.com/products/fretboard-journal-annual-subscription Our podcast is sponsored by Deering Banjos; Peghead Nation (use the promo code FRETBOARD and get your first month free or $20 off any annual subscription); Izotope (use the coupon code FRET10 to save 10% off their plug-ins); and Stringjoy Strings (get 10% off your order with the FRETBOARD discount code).

Jake shares his and Kate's first experience of Wim Hof breathing in the cold water of Lake Michigan.Music recommendations are “Pearls From The River” by Pelt, and “Live in Forli, Italy 1982” by Robbie Basho.Wake & Jake (Bonus Content)https://www.patreon.com/wakeandjakepodWake & Jakehttps://www.auxchicago.com/wake-jakehttps://www.instagram.com/wakeandjakepod/https://twitter.com/WakeandJakePodJake Fisherhttps://www.instagram.com/kennyg.g.allin/https://deathbotrecords.bandcamp.com/Music Composed by Jake FisherLogo by Baitul Javid

On this week's episode, Peter and Sam are covering...cover songs! For both of our songs,we will be discussing the original as well as the cover, so you get four songs this week. We also discuss how much covers should stay faithful to the original, and why some people prefer the original over the cover and vice versa.Special shoutout goes to Rise to Offend! They were one of our earliest supporters and encouraged us before we even launched a single episode! Follow them on Facebook and Twitter @RiseToOffend and on Instagram @RiseToOffendOfficialOur songs for this week:Jolene by Dolly Parton, from her1974 album Jolene released via RCA Records.The cover of Jolene is by Miley Cyrus as part of the "Backyard Sessions." As it is not on Spotify, here's a link to the Youtube video: https://youtu.be/wOwblaKmyVwBlue Crystal Fire by Robbie Basho, from his 1978 album Visions of the Country released via Windham Hill Records. As it is not on Spotify, here's a link to the Youtube video: https://youtu.be/YYaGChm8RWwThe cover of Blue Crystal Fire is by Fire! Orchestra, from their 2019 album Arrival released via Rune Grammofon.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/2songs1couple)

Esta semana en "Islas de Robinson" nos movemos entre 1969 y 1973 en territorio "solitario". Grandes cantautores "folkies" para alzar el vuelo sin elevar el tono. Suenan: WIZZ JONES - "SEE HOW THE TIME IS FLYING" ("THE LEGENDARY ME", 1970) / IAN A. ANDERSON - "MARIE CELESTE ON DOWN" ("SINGER SLEEPS ON AS BLAZE RAGES", 1972) / TUCKER ZIMMERMAN - "AMUSEMENT PARK" ("TUCKER ZIMMERMAN", 1972) / LACKEY & SWEENEY - "GOOD TO CRY" ("JUNK STORE SONGS FOR SALE", 1973) / FRASER & DEBOLT - "WARMTH" ("FRASER & DEBOLT (WITH IAN GUENTHER)", 1971) / LAMBERT AND NUTTYCOMBE - "PUTTING MYSELF TOGETHER AGAIN" ("AT HOME", 1970) / BRUCE COCKBURN - "LIFE WILL OPEN" ("SUNWHEEL DANCE", 1971) / KEVIN COYNE - "WHITE HORSE" ("CASE HISTORY", 1972) / TIM BUCKLEY - "CHASE THE BLUES AWAY" ("BLUE AFTERNOON", 1969) / ROBBIE BASHO - "ROSES AND GOLD" ("THE VOICE OF THE EAGLE", 1972) / TOWNES VAN ZANDT - "SNOW DON'T FALL" ("THE LATE GREAT TOWNES VAN ZANDT", 1972) / SHELAGH MCDONALD - "OPHELIA'S SONG" ("ALBUM", 1970) / Escuchar audio

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Special presentation with 4 artists / bands slightly under the radar that you should be aware of: Bill Fox, Doris Duke, Robbie Basho and J.J. Light.

Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist 0′00″ Love Comes Back by Arthur Russell on Love Is Overtaking Me (Audika) 4′03″ Acid, Pot Or Pills by Horace Silver on Total Response: The United States of Mind Phase 2 (Blue Note) 8′29″ Mississippi Delta by Bobbie Gentry on Ode to Billie Joe (Capitol ) 11′25″ Long Distance Operator by Bob Dylan and the Band on The Basement Tapes (Columbia) 15′03″ Every Day As We Grow Closer by Alex Chilton on Keep An Eye on the Sky (Rhino) 17′25″ I Hear You Calling by Bill Fay on Time of the Last Persecution (Decca) 22′46″ With My Face On the Floor by Emitt Rhodes on The Emitt Rhodes Collection (1969 - 197) (Universal) 25′59″ Hello Sunshine by Relatively Clean Rivers on Relatively Clean Rivers (ODL) 29′13″ Sycamore by Bill Callahan on Woke on a Whaleheart (Drag City) 34′36″ On A City Night by Brigid Mae Power on Head Above Water (Fire Records) 41′10″ We Pointed Them North by SUSS on High Line B Sides (Northern Spy) 44′10″ Koye by Don Cherry on Om Shanti Om (Black Sweat Records) 52′24″ Saha (Chant pré-islamique) by Les Touareg on Avec les seigneurs des sables ( Alvarès records) 55′00″ Elk Dreamer's Lament by Robbie Basho on Visions of the Country (Windham Hill Records) Check out the full archives on the website.

Sonoramas pour le moment présent - par Lexis Marche #2 Notes de l’artiste pour une marche sonore optimale: Prenez vos meilleurs écouteurs et vos meilleures chaussures de marche; Empruntez des chemins différent, explorez des ruelles ou des endroits dans la nature dans lesquels vous ne marchez pas habituellement. Si vous tournez toujours à gauche, cette fois-ci, tournez à droite! Il s’agit d’une bonne façon de se mettre dans un état d’observation des petits moments parfois imperceptibles; Si possible, éteignez toutes les notifications de votre téléphone. Musiciens inclus: Mary Lou Williams, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Sandro Brugnolini, Piero Piccioni, Duval Timothy, Nivhek, Psychic TV, Mica Levi / Oliver Coates, Okkyung Lee, EITR, Daniel Schmidt, Dedekind Cut, Theo Parrish, Claro Intelecto, Michaela Melián, Robbie Basho

estacamos “Interactivity”, el disco 2020 que unió al percusionista japonés Tatsuya Nakatani con el guitarrista estadounidense Shane Parish (Ahleuchatistas). Editado el 24 de abril por el sello Cuneiform Records, el álbum presenta a Nakatani en su extenso set de percusión compuesto por un gong arqueado adaptado, un Kobo Bow y numerosos tambores, platillos y cuencos; y a Parish en guitarra acústica, muy en la línea de los maestros estadounidenses de la “American Primitive Guitar” John Fahey y Robbie Basho y su famoso finger-style. “Interactivity” es el segundo trabajo del dúo, que ya viene colaborando por cerca de una década, haciendo performances improvisatorias en distintas partes de Estados Unidos. De acuerdo a Cuneiform, el álbum “exhibe a ambos intérpretes en el peak de sus capacidades estéticas, en una telepática comunicación de escucha recíproca profunda, texturas y explosiva energía”. En la segunda parte del programa, viajamos al pasado en la historia de ambos músicos, primero con material de Ahleuchatistas, la banda principal de Parish, que combina de manera única math rock, jazz, progresivo, avant-garde, minimalismo, rock de garaje, etc. Escucharemos material del disco debut del grupo “On the Culture Industry” de 2004 y del último lanzado hasta la fecha, “Arrebato” de 2015. Finalmente, destacamos el trabajo de Nakatani, específicamente en el disco de 2018 que lo unió con el fundamental saxofonista del jazz David Liebman y al multi-instrumentista Adam Rudolph, titulado “The Unknowable”.

estacamos “Interactivity”, el disco 2020 que unió al percusionista japonés Tatsuya Nakatani con el guitarrista estadounidense Shane Parish (Ahleuchatistas). Editado el 24 de abril por el sello Cuneiform Records, el álbum presenta a Nakatani en su extenso set de percusión compuesto por un gong arqueado adaptado, un Kobo Bow y numerosos tambores, platillos y cuencos; y a Parish en guitarra acústica, muy en la línea de los maestros estadounidenses de la “American Primitive Guitar” John Fahey y Robbie Basho y su famoso finger-style. “Interactivity” es el segundo trabajo del dúo, que ya viene colaborando por cerca de una década, haciendo performances improvisatorias en distintas partes de Estados Unidos. De acuerdo a Cuneiform, el álbum “exhibe a ambos intérpretes en el peak de sus capacidades estéticas, en una telepática comunicación de escucha recíproca profunda, texturas y explosiva energía”. En la segunda parte del programa, viajamos al pasado en la historia de ambos músicos, primero con material de Ahleuchatistas, la banda principal de Parish, que combina de manera única math rock, jazz, progresivo, avant-garde, minimalismo, rock de garaje, etc. Escucharemos material del disco debut del grupo “On the Culture Industry” de 2004 y del último lanzado hasta la fecha, “Arrebato” de 2015. Finalmente, destacamos el trabajo de Nakatani, específicamente en el disco de 2018 que lo unió con el fundamental saxofonista del jazz David Liebman y al multi-instrumentista Adam Rudolph, titulado “The Unknowable”.

Cette semaine, une sélection toute en vinyles !Nat Birchall - Intro/Pyramidion (White Label) ; Nat Birchall - Cosmic Visitant (White Label) ; The Montreal Black Community Youth Choir - Tryin Times (Radio Canada International) ; Jaimie Branch - Prayer for Amerikkka pt.1&2 (International Anthem) ; Jayne Cortez - Homicide 1973 (White Label) ; The Last Poets - This is madness (Douglas 7) ; Robbie Basho - Leaf in the Wind (Windham Hill Records) ; Dane Belany - Complexium (Sahara Records) ; Africa - Paint in Black (Ode Records) ; Nancy Dupree with a group of Rochester, NY Youngsters - What do I Have ? (Asch Recordings) ; Zara McFarlane - Saltwater (Saturn Research) ; Sauce and Dogs - Sauce and Dogs (White Label)... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

William Eaton sees his music as a conversation and communion with nature. He began his creative journey in the early 1970s while living in the deserts of Arizona, sleeping outside, walking for hours in bare feet, and primarily subsisting on food from the earth. In these years, he would perform improvised guitar music outside for hours on end until friends convinced him to record and release an album. This resulted in Music By William Eaton with 18 spontaneous, untitled songs. It falls somewhere between John Fahey and Robbie Basho’s American Primitive guitar playing and Laraaji’s washes of autoharp to create a gorgeous, enveloping sound. In the decades that have followed, William has become a Grammy-nominated musician and acclaimed instrument builder at the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. He attracts students from around the world to learn his process of creating highly unique guitars out of trees with as many as 26 strings.

On this episode, we caught up with guitarist and songwriter Buck Curran. Formerly one half of the psychedelic duo Arborea, Buck is currently situated in Bergamo, Italy, in one of the areas hit hardest by COVID-19. Though he’s quarantining with his family, he decided now was the right time to release his third solo album, No Love is Sorrow.  It’s a gorgeous and comforting record. Writing about it for AD’s Bandcamping feature, Tyler Wilcox said the lp was full of “melancholy but uplifting folk visions” from Curran, whose label Obsolete has also released tributes to Jack Rose and Robbie Basho, as well as archival works by the latter.  “There are traces of both Basho and Rose in No Love Is Sorrow, of course,” Wilcox. writes, “But Buck has his own thing happening, too, managing to expertly balance ominous vibes with heartfelt devotionals.” We connected via Skype to discuss his journey from Maine to Italy, how the new album came together, quarantining with family, and of course the episodes of Star Trek he’s been watching.  Aquarium Drunkard is powered by Patreon, which will allow readers and listeners to directly support our online magazine as it expands its scope while receiving access to our secret stash, including bonus audio, exclusive podcasts, printed ephemera, and vinyl records. Your support will help keep an independent cultural resource alive and healthy in 2020 and beyond.

Esta semana, dedicamos un nuevo capítulo de Rebelión Sónica casi de manera íntegra, al disco 2020 de Six Organs of Admittance, “Companion Rise”. Editado el 21 de febrero pasado por el sello Drag City, Six Organs of Admittance es el vehículo creativo del guitarrista, cantante y compositor estadounidense, Ben Chasny. En su larga trayectoria, que debutó discográficamente en 1998, el proyecto se ha movido sin prejuicios por la psicodelia, el avant-folk, el indie rock, la música experimental y la electrónica, con una fuerte influencia de los músicos de la American primitive guitar como John Fahey y Robbie Basho. Aparte de su extenso catálogo con Six Organs of Admittance, Chasny también ha sido parte de destacadas bandas como Comets on Fire, proyecto que combina rock espacial, noise, garaje, punk y blues, en un concepto general de New Weird America; y en Rangda, trío que comparte con el guitarrista Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls) y el baterista Chris Corsano, y que en tres discos han pasado desde la improvisación libre a un rock instrumental inclasificable con influencias de la música oriental. En esta octava edición de la temporada 2020 del programa, escucharemos específicamente material del disco 2006 de Comets On Fire, “Avatar”. No olviden que Rebelión Sónica sale al aire todos los miércoles a las 10, 17 y 23 horas por radio Rockaxis –se repite los domingos a las 19 horas-, con la conducción de Héctor Aravena.

Esta semana, dedicamos un nuevo capítulo de Rebelión Sónica casi de manera íntegra, al disco 2020 de Six Organs of Admittance, “Companion Rise”. Editado el 21 de febrero pasado por el sello Drag City, Six Organs of Admittance es el vehículo creativo del guitarrista, cantante y compositor estadounidense, Ben Chasny. En su larga trayectoria, que debutó discográficamente en 1998, el proyecto se ha movido sin prejuicios por la psicodelia, el avant-folk, el indie rock, la música experimental y la electrónica, con una fuerte influencia de los músicos de la American primitive guitar como John Fahey y Robbie Basho. Aparte de su extenso catálogo con Six Organs of Admittance, Chasny también ha sido parte de destacadas bandas como Comets on Fire, proyecto que combina rock espacial, noise, garaje, punk y blues, en un concepto general de New Weird America; y en Rangda, trío que comparte con el guitarrista Sir Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls) y el baterista Chris Corsano, y que en tres discos han pasado desde la improvisación libre a un rock instrumental inclasificable con influencias de la música oriental. En esta octava edición de la temporada 2020 del programa, escucharemos específicamente material del disco 2006 de Comets On Fire, “Avatar”. No olviden que Rebelión Sónica sale al aire todos los miércoles a las 10, 17 y 23 horas por radio Rockaxis –se repite los domingos a las 19 horas-, con la conducción de Héctor Aravena.

En este episodio encontraremos una selección musical muy variada que nos va a llevar por varios estilos musicales y varias épocas distintas, con grabaciones que abarcan desde 1967 la más antigua hasta esta misma semana la más reciente. Todas ellas tienen en común que desprenden un aura especial, músicas que nos elevan el ánimo o que desatan el síndrome de Stendhal por su extraordinaria belleza. Escucharemos piezas de Paul Mounsey, James Galway & The Chieftains, Nightnoise, Alice Sara Ott, Ludovico Einaudi, Abel Korzeniowski, Robbie Basho, James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnyk, Arnór Dan, Sigur Rós, Ólafur Arnalds, Niklas Paschburg, Message To Bears, Mark Isham y Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé.

The Preakness preview show, with songs from The Buzzcocks, The Cramps, Tim Hardin, Robbie Basho, Albert Ayler, Honey Is Cool, and an intro from Magpie, plus Bob and Mike discuss each horse entered in this Saturday's Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.

On this week's Fretboard Journal Podcast, we talk to guitarist Glenn Jones (Cul de Sac). Glenn will be participating in the forthcoming The 1000 Incarnations of the Rose festival taking place April 13-15, 2018 in Takoma Park, Maryland. The festival is a three-day long celebration of the American Primitive guitar movement, as pioneered by John Fahey and Robbie Basho. Over the course of our talk, Jones describes his lengthy relationship with Fahey (and Basho), why you probably shouldn't befriend your music heroes, his guitars of choice for this style of music and the origin of the unique, one-off festival taking place in Fahey's old hometown. To learn more about the festival, go here: https://1000rose.org Glenn Jones' liner notes for The Epiphany of Glenn Jones, mentioned during this podcast, can be found here: http://www.johnfahey.com/pages/epiphany.html Glenn Jones official website: http://www.thrilljockey.com/artists/glenn-jones  

Welcome to the February installment of Aquarium Drunkard’s recurring Transmissions podcast, a series of interviews and audio esoterica from Aquarium Drunkard. Welcome to the February edition of Aquarium Drunkard’s recurring Transmissions podcast — just under the wire. We’ve got an introspective episode this week. First, we sit down with Kayla Cohen of Itasca, to discuss her new mini-album, Morning Flower. It’s a collaboration with writer and artist Gunnar Tchida, and it focuses especially on Cohen’s lyrical guitar work. Which makes sense: in April, Cohen plays the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose festival, a celebration of the American primitive guitar tradition. I asked Cohen how she made her way into solo guitar music, and explored how the music of Robbie Basho, whose composition the festival is named for as well as a forthcoming compilation via Craft Recordings. Then, we have a series of poems from Maggie Smith. You might have come across her poem “Good Bones,” for which her latest book is named, but there’s a lot more to her work than that. For the Transmissions podcast, Smith’s reading are paired with instrumental recordings from Jerry David DeCicca’s new album of spacey Texan folk, Time the Teacher. It’s an album that “feels true,” Smith says in her accompanying notes, so it was a pleasure of ours to combine the truth of Smith’s words with the truth of DeCicca and his band’s sounds. Finally, we close out the show with words from new age/cosmic composer Laraaji, discussing Celestrana, his mid-80s experiment in public access television. Part meditation, part surreal comedy routine, and part ecstatic vision, the show introduced Laraaji to a whole new audience of viewers, many of whom weren’t even aware of his work with Brian Eno or albums like the recently reissued Vision Songs. Select episodes of Celestrana are streaming now on Numero Group’s YouTube channel; Laraaji was kind enough to pull back the curtain with us and explain how he found himself in front of the camera…with puppets.

On this week's Fretboard Journal Podcast, we're joined by fingerstyle guitar legend Michael Gulezian. Michael is talking to us from his new home in Paonia, Colorado and offers us an insightful, thought-provoking glimpse into the life of a working musician. He tells us about his childhood and the impact that Middle Eastern music had on his own compositions. We also talk about his time with John Fahey, Michael Hedges and Robbie Basho and the sad downfall of Takoma Records. Michael also explains why so many great guitar players have come out of Minnesota, talks to us about his choice of acoustic guitars (built by frequent FJ contributor Todd Lunneborg) and much more. This episode of the podcast is brought to you by our friends at Retrofret Vintage Guitars.  Michael Gulezian's official site. 

Guitarist and educator Shane Parish is a sonic adventurer, perhaps best known as the mastermind behind the Asheville, North Carolina-based avant instrumental jazz-mathpunk band Ahleuchatistas, formerly a quartet, now a duo. Besides the jazz and mathrock, their musical stew also includes elements Chinese folk music, minimalism, and lots of other stuff. But Parish has just released a solo record of “weird old Americana” entitled Undertaker, Please Drive Slow on John Zorn's Tzadik label, recorded in an old cabin in the woods. He joins John live in the studio to perform some of them on acoustic guitar. Parish has taken these old timey songs, and “abstracted them in utterly fascinating ways, evoking the haunting and brooding world of the American South” writes John Zorn. Comparisons wouldn’t be out of place to American Primitive guitarists like John Fahey or Robbie Basho, but in the spaces that Parish creates, one might also think of Morton Feldman. In Parish’s ever-evolving reworkings of these folky blues tunes, the songs straddle keys; he’s not content to remain firmly in one or the other. Then, on a song like Geeshie Wiley’s “The Last Kind Words,” Parish takes the vocal melody and makes it more abstract, turning it into a prepared guitar percussion piece in a John Cage way, via paper clips and a slide. Shane Parish's prepared guitar (John Schaefer/WNYC)   PROGRAM #3928,  With Shane Parish  (First Aired 12-12-2016)         ARTIST: AhleuchatistasWORK: Requiem for the Sea [6:46]RECORDING: Heads Full of PoisonSOURCE: Cuneiform RecordsINFO: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/heads-full-of-poison-3 ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (Blind Willie Johnson) [4:29]RECORDING: Live, WNYC Studio, Dec. 2016SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: Appears on Undertaker, Please Drive Slow, out now on Tzadik Records 4016 ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: Oh Death [3:45]RECORDING: Undertaker, Please Drive SlowSOURCE: Tzadik Records 4016INFO: tzadik.com ARTIST: Shane ParishWORK: The Maid Freed From the Gallows [7:04], The Last Kind Words (Geeshie Wiley) [5:25]RECORDING: Live, WNYC Studio, Dec. 2016SOURCE: his performance not commercially available. INFO: Appears on Undertaker, Please Drive Slow, out now on Tzadik Records 4016 ARTIST: Tim SparksWORK: I’ll Fly Away [5:37]RECORDING: Chasin’ the BoogieSOURCE: Tonewood INFO: cdbaby.com

Next up in our Monday series is an edition which sits close to our hearts, in fact, it sits so damn that it might as well be inside them. Ally is behind the Tropical party series which take place in both Glasgow and London and has seen the likes of Telephones, Marcellus Pittman, Tolouse Low Trax, Samo DJ, Wolf Muller and many more all play. Now based in London the past twelve months have seen him make appearances at Brilliant Corners, Dance Tunnel, and Oval Space alongside international excursions where he appeared as part of the Off Sonar party programme and in Greece. This mix sees a rejection of dancefloor orientated music and allows Ally to dig deeper into the depths of obscurity featuring music from the likes of Blackest Ever Black, Robbie Basho, Udacha, Vangelis Katsoulis and more. There is also forthcoming music on Optimo and Antinote buried deep within the mix. From our editor here at Ransom Note to your headphones...