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The Incredible String Band and David Garland in the WNYC studio - Mike Heron, Garland, Lawson Dando, Clive Palmer (Meredith Yayanos)The Incredible String Band
The original Psych-Folk ensemble, The Incredible String Band, joins host David Garland to talk about their long career and to perform in the WNYC studio. Visiting the U.S. for the first time in 30 years, the British group has timed things well to coordinate with a resurgence of interest in their trailblazing, imaginative music. While most hippies were plugging in electric guitars, The ISB were using acoustic guitars, sitars, fiddles, lutes, and a vast range of other instruments to make wildly creative songs of rough-hewn virtuosity. They're first albums were released in the mid-Sixties, and their visit to Spinning On Air will bring us up to date. .
» See pictures of The Incredible String Band's visit to WNYC!
» The Incredible String Band website
» Founding Incredible String Band member Robin Williamson's website
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All About the WNYC Music Host
David Garland, host of WNYC's Evening Music and Spinning on Air, is also a composer and a performer. He has performed his music extensively in the U.S. and Europe and several of his recordings and downloads are available on his Web site, DavidGarland.com.
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the incredible string band incredible. thanks. old hippy xxx
My compliments and heartfelt thanks on a show well done!
The songs brought me back to the days when Steve Post hosted a midnight to morning show and inundated his audience with ISB music.
What the human mind doesn't pick up, the soul will hold onto and extract the hidden magic.
Thank You for opening this treasure box of rare and unequalled talent.
Marc Cohen
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