Klang: stories

Black Twig Pickers: Go, Ralph, go!

2010-08-09T13:33:27-04:00

"If Trouble Don't Kill Me," founding Black Twig fiddler Ralph Berrier Jr.'s new book on his granddad, great uncle, and the traditional music of Southwest Virginia, gets high marks in the Wall Street Journal and Roanoke Times.

Various Artists: Sail on, Tony Dale

2010-08-02T21:24:01-04:00

We are saddened by news of the passing of Ptolemaic Terrascope scribe, Camera Obscura label honcho and all-around messenger to the cosmos Tony Dale at age 51. Your combination of enthusiasm, understanding and expressiveness was a gift we were fortunate to witness.

A writeup from Ned Raggett here.

Mikel Dimmick Spiral Joy Band: Somewhere, a split with Aethers

2010-07-14T10:17:07-04:00

Hey all -- I think this has been posted about before, but somewhere out there in the wide world is a split cdr featuring some thundering Spiral Joy Band music paired with a dreamtime serenade from Finland's Aethers. Unfortunately, too few copies have arrived here to make available via Klang, but it's out there, somewhere, so we're told --

Black Twig Pickers: Rendered in the low key

2010-04-21T22:04:11-04:00

Frogs, musicians, a blackout a few minutes in, just spring springing eternal --

Jack Rose: Honest Strings, an immense tribute comp

2010-03-18T11:42:49-04:00

An honestly gigantic tribute comp -- six and a half hours or so of music -- dedicated to Jack goes on sale any day now (was to be out in March, but crushed the IT grid with its massive-ity). It's download only and besides the audio onslaught includes text and artwork, all assembled quickly and smoothly by Three-Lobed honcho Cory Rayborn and mastered by Patrick Klem.

Pelt, Spiral Joy Band, Black Twigs, Nathan Bowles, Charlie Parr and Tom Carter are among the contributors but there are Klang connections throughout. Besides those mentioned, here's the list: Alvarius B., Elisa Ambrogio, Bardo Pond, Stuart Leslie Braithwaite, Hans Chew, Coach Fingers, Byron Coley with Son of Earth, Luther Dickinson, Chris Forsyth, Danny Paul Grody, Steve Gunn, Heather Leigh, Hush Arbors, C Joynes, Kohoutek, Langtry, MV & EE, Joseph Mattson (reading from "Empty The Sun"), Jenks Miller, Bill Nace, No Neck Blues Band, Cian Nugent, Pigeons, Six Organs of Admittance, Spectre Folk, D. Charles Speer, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, lloyd Thayer, Rick Tomlinson, James Toth, Kerry Kennedy & Jason Meagher, Cath & Phil Tyler, Un, Scott Verrastro, Zaika with Loren Connors, Zaika with Paul Flaherty.

Click here if you're interested.