Elephant Micah makes songs and tosses them, like messages in bottles, into the vast oceans surrounding Indiana.
Joe O'Connell has been performing and recording as Elephant Micah for ten years, creating songs gracefully poised between the poetic and the plain-spoken. In a rare visit to New York from his Indiana home, Elephant Micah joins host David Garland in the WNYC Studio to talk about and play his eloquent, understated music. He's joined by Beth Remis and Mark Trecka of Pillars and Tongues for a few songs.
Elephant Micah has made all the songs he recorded for the show available as a free download album.
Ambiguous Instincts
Loon Call
Hidden River Run
Wild Goose Chase
Detailed Cathedral
Queen of Rocky Ripple
Loop and Lil
Echo of an Echo
Still Life Blues
Comments [3]
Thank you for having Joe O'Connell on your show. He's a real hidden gem. I love his phrasing, lyrics and melodies that initially surprise me, then make perfect sense. In these qualities and the introspectiveness of his songs, he reminds me of Nick Drake.
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing this talented gentleman with us. I stayed up way past my bedtime because I simply couldn't tear myself away.
Attaboy Joe! Represent Rowntree Records and Ruralismo. Good interview. Joe and I play music together every once in awhile. If you like this session you should hear him with a full band! Yowza!
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