Folk

Dando Shaft: In the Country (1971)

2014/05/05

Today I’m going to be so on the nose with my pick. Dando Shaft’s “In the Country” from their Evening with Dando Shaft album expertly captures why Mondays suck. Its never per se, because Mondays objectively are worse than any other day, its just that Mondays immediately follow our weekend. Aren’t weekends so great? That’s…
Musica Tzotzil: San Lorenzo

2014/05/04

This track called “San Lorenzo” is actually a traditional devotional song from the indigenous Tzotzil people from Chiapas in Mexico. The harmonic singing is all traditional, the use of violins and 12-string guitars is all traditional, but the music itself…the way they perform the song…is completely otherworldly. Imagine Tom Waits getting stuck in the Appalachian mountains…
Donovan: The Mandolin Man and His Secret (1967)

2014/04/26

My pick for the day is a track off Donovan’s “A Gift From a Flower to a Garden” album. As a listener whose normally so averse to twee music…I always have to admit a profound love for Donovan’s music because it stays just this side of that line. This double album was released to wide…
John Martyn: Dancing (1977)

2014/04/19

You know, some days you just feel Saturday. Its a day where most of us are free to explore time and spaces outside familiar walls. This track “Dancing” by John Martyn, off the equally awesome One World album, is Saturday writ large. Just listen to his Echoplexed acoustic guitar just blossom around that knowing rhythm and…