Timesbold is a group of multi-instumentalists. Some of the group live
in Oregon, the rest in the NYC area, and once in a while they get themselves and their many instruments together in one room to perform
their elaborate, ragged, heart-felt songs. This time the room is the
WNYC Studio, and Timesbold joins host David Garland to set up pump
organ, harp, bowed saw, mandolin, double bass, piano, guitars, drums,
lo-fi electronics, glockenspiel, and sing songs that have roots in
folk, country, and the avant garde. Timesbold's harpist-drummer-mandolinist Jesse Sparhawk puts down those instruments to play us some of his elliptical, surprising solo acoustic guitar compositions.
Timesbold
These musicians from Finland are making unusual music which seems
unconfined by stylistic categories. They don't make a big distinction
between songs and sound-textures, or even between composition and
improvisation. Using voices, zithers, guitars, fiddles and flutes, as
well as electronic toys, simple noise makers, digital delays and other
electronic devices, they create music of hand-made, lacy delicacy and
intense strength. This show features striking concert performances
recorded in Portland, Maine, and New York City, and an interview with
the musicians and host David Garland.
links
» Lau Nau
» Kuupuu
» Islaja
» Pekko Käppi
» Time-Lag Records
There are a lot of different stories out there floating around about
the mysterious band Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice. Are they
really carnival refugees, former denizens of a toxic dump, or child
prodigies, as their website (woodenwand.net) suggests? One thing for
sure is that they are a band with powerful songs and a knack for
improvising musical incantations. Host David Garland invites WWVV into
the WNYC studio to dim the lights and play for a full hour, mixing
blues, folk, psychedelia, home-made electronics, chants and chance.
» Wooden Wand
photo credit: David Garland
They met at a party in Paris, but before long they left the city to live in a cabin in the Finnish wilderness. There they wrote songs, finding a quiet, intense musical style that suits long winter nights huddled at the hearth. Mi (Mira Anita Mathilda Romantschuk) is from Finland, L'au (Laurent Leclere) is French, and one of their common languages is music that takes the listener out of the modern hubub, to a more thoughtful, timeless place.
Host David Garland welcomes Mi & L'au to WNYC for an in-studio session. They'll sing and play their songs, and talk about guitars reverberating over lakes, cabin fever, and the Halloween night they met.
» Mi & L'au at Young God Records
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