McDonald & Sherby :: Catharsis (1969)

"McDonald & Sherby's sole contribution to the canon of 20th century music was Catharsis, an album which originally appeared on the appropriately-named Omniscient label (Omniscient Records 1426S) Some have speculated that given the band's prog/psych leanings, Catharsis was probably recorded in the '70s, although the accepted wisdom is that the album was made at Minneapolis's Sound 80 Studios on 1969. The album consists of six long tracks with a decidedly heavy guitar-based vibe, all well- recorded and delivered with considerable aplomb."

This shit is just straight up groovy man! Front to back...

Catharsis

Taj Mahal Travellers

A film by Matsuo Ohno, 1973
Watch it here

and for your auditory pleasures...

Live Stockholm July, 1971
part 1part 2
and

August 1974

Trees Grass & Stones :: The Swedish Progg Movement

Here's a brilliant documentary on the Swedish Progg Movement. Featuring:
Träd Gräs Och Stenar
Hoola Bandoola
Hansson & Karlsson
Kebnekajse
part 1:

part 2:

part 3:

The Ol' Duct Tape Messiah

Breaking news on the Blaze Foley documentary. Yesterday I got an email from Director/Producer Kevin Triplett stating that the film is almost finished and will make a very rare debut screening at the Paso Robles Film Festival this November.

Try your best to ignore the extremely annoying narrative voice in the trailer.



Blaze is about as good a songwriter as it gets if you ask me...

"If I Could Only Fly"


"Oval Room" (about Ronald Reagan)


John Prine covering Blaze's "Clay Pigeons"

Lonesome Moon Odes

I no longer need to be here. There is nothing the city has to offer me anymore. I need to be where the great silence can be found, where the veil between the present and the past is lifted. I need to hear the wind sway through the treetops and the coyotes howl at the yellow moon. I need a place where I can listen to my own thoughts and those that slip between the cracks of time. I need to be still.



“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” - Edward Abbey

Arthur Sunday Evenings @ McCabe's

artwork by Arik Roper

Baby Dee & Band @ Brookdale Lodge

(((folkYEAH!))) presents: Feb.16th
@ the Historic Brookdale Lodge
nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains
w/ Matteah Baim, Headdress & Birds Fled From Me

Band members will be John Contreras (a cellist that plays with Current 93, Calexico and others), Alex Neilson (a drummer who has played with Will Oldham, Jandek, Isobel Campbell and many more), Emmet Kelly (guitarist - The Cairo Gang), and Paul Oldham (Will's brother).