Consequence of Sound » Anders Parker http://consequenceofsound.net Think Fast, Listen Slowly Thu, 31 May 2012 18:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-RC1-20950 Yim Yames, Jay Farrar, Will Johnson release Woody Guthrie tribute album http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/01/yim-yames-jay-farrar-will-johnson-release-woody-guthrie-tribute-album/ http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/01/yim-yames-jay-farrar-will-johnson-release-woody-guthrie-tribute-album/#comments http://c438342.r42.cf2.rackcdn.com//wp-content/uploads/2012/01/woody-guthrie-thumb-200x200.jpg Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:32:34 +0000 Alex Young http://consequenceofsound.net/?p=182679

To coincide with the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie, My Morning Jacket’s Yim Yames, Son Volt’s Jay Farrar, Centro-matic’s Will Johnson, and Varnaline’s Anders Parker have recorded an album featuring previously unrecorded Guthrie lyrics. Entitled New Multitudes, the LP comprises interpretations on 12 Guthrie compositions, most of which were written during his time in Los Angeles.

Says Guthrie’s daughter Nora, who sanctioned the project: “Lyric wise, it’s a part of the story that is still mostly unknown. From Woody’s experiences on LA’s skid row to his later years in Topanga Canyon, they are uniquely intimate, and relate two distinctly emotional periods in his life.” As an early taste, check out the track titled “Old LA”, which is streaming below (via The Line of Best Fit).

New Multitudes will be released on February 28th via Rounder Records as a 12-track LP and a 24-track limited edition. The limited edition features original Guthrie lyric sheets, the 12 track release, and 12 additional compositions recorded by Farrar and Parker. The album will also be available on vinyl.

In support of the release, the four musicians will tour together in March. Those tour dates are also below.

New Multitudes Tracklist:
01. Hoping Machine
02. Fly High
03. My Revolutionary Mind
04. VD City
05. Old L.A.
06. Talking Empty Bed Blues
07. Chorine
08. Careless Reckless Love
09. Angel’s Blues
10. No Fear
11. Changing World
12. New Multitudes

New Multitudes 2012 Tour Dates:
03/06 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
03/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Music Box
03/09 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
03/10 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox
03/12 – Alexandria, VA @ The Birchmere
03/13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
03/14 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
03/16 – Boston, MA @ Paradise

]]> New Multitudes, the LP comprises interpretations on 12 Guthrie compositions, most of which were written during his time in Los Angeles. Says Guthrie's daughter Nora, who sanctioned the project: "Lyric wise, it’s a part of the story that is still mostly unknown. From Woody’s experiences on LA’s skid row to his later years in Topanga Canyon, they are uniquely intimate, and relate two distinctly emotional periods in his life.” As an early taste, check out the track titled "Old LA", which is streaming below (via The Line of Best Fit). New Multitudes will be released on February 28th via Rounder Records as a 12-track LP and a 24-track limited edition. The limited edition features original Guthrie lyric sheets, the 12 track release, and 12 additional compositions recorded by Farrar and Parker. The album will also be available on vinyl. In support of the release, the four musicians will tour together in March. Those tour dates are also below. New Multitudes Tracklist: 01. Hoping Machine 02. Fly High 03. My Revolutionary Mind 04. VD City 05. Old L.A. 06. Talking Empty Bed Blues 07. Chorine 08. Careless Reckless Love 09. Angel’s Blues 10. No Fear 11. Changing World 12. New Multitudes New Multitudes 2012 Tour Dates: 03/06 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore 03/07 - Los Angeles, CA @ Music Box 03/09 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom 03/10 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox 03/12 - Alexandria, VA @ The Birchmere 03/13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer 03/14 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall 03/16 - Boston, MA @ Paradise]]> http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/01/yim-yames-jay-farrar-will-johnson-release-woody-guthrie-tribute-album/feed/ 1 Jay Farrar readies new Mermaid Avenue with Jim James, Will Johnson http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/09/jay-farrar-readies-new-mermaid-avenue-with-jim-james-will-johnson/ http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/09/jay-farrar-readies-new-mermaid-avenue-with-jim-james-will-johnson/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:00:37 +0000 Alex Young http://consequenceofsound.net/?p=20054 If you know anything about Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg, and/or Wilco, then you’re probably aware Mermaid Avenue. If you’re not, then for the purpose of this article know this: Mermaid Avenue is the name of a 1998 album of previously unheard material written by Guthrie, put to music and performed by Bragg and the Wilco. It was such a big deal that it even spawned a documentary, 1999′s Man in the Sand, and another album, 2000′s aptly titled Mermaid Avenue Vol. II.

Now, with all this mind, you can see why the following news is a big deal. Per a recent interview with the Austin Chronicle (via the always awesome TFB), Will Johnson (of Centro-matic & Monsters of Folk) has revealed that a new installment of Mermaid Avenue is in the works. However, rather than once again featuring Bragg and Wilco, Volume 3 will be composed and performed by none other than Tweedy’s former Jay Farrar, you know, the guy formerly of Uncle Tupelo, now of Son Volt and that Ben Gibbard collaboration.

But wait, it gets better. In addition to Farrar, the album, which was reportedly recorded this past March in New York, will hear the talents of Johnson, Anders Parker, and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James.

“Jay sent me a priority mail package full of the lyrics, and I opened it at 4:30 in the afternoon,” Johnson recalled in the interview. “Within 17 minutes, I had already documented this one called ‘Chorine My Sheba Queen’ to the recording machine. That speaks far more about the song than anything I did. The lyrics struck me in a way that the music sounded automatic. It made such sense to my soul and my spirit. It’s got an empty and regretful tone but in a very beautiful way. I just latched onto it.”

No release date quite yet, but you can color us officially excited.

]]> Mermaid Avenue. If you're not, then for the purpose of this article know this: Mermaid Avenue is the name of a 1998 album of previously unheard material written by Guthrie, put to music and performed by Bragg and the Wilco. It was such a big deal that it even spawned a documentary, 1999's Man in the Sand, and another album, 2000's aptly titled Mermaid Avenue Vol. II. Now, with all this mind, you can see why the following news is a big deal. Per a recent interview with the Austin Chronicle (via the always awesome TFB), Will Johnson (of Centro-matic & Monsters of Folk) has revealed that a new installment of Mermaid Avenue is in the works. However, rather than once again featuring Bragg and Wilco, Volume 3 will be composed and performed by none other than Tweedy's former Jay Farrar, you know, the guy formerly of Uncle Tupelo, now of Son Volt and that Ben Gibbard collaboration. But wait, it gets better. In addition to Farrar, the album, which was reportedly recorded this past March in New York, will hear the talents of Johnson, Anders Parker, and My Morning Jacket's Jim James. "Jay sent me a priority mail package full of the lyrics, and I opened it at 4:30 in the afternoon," Johnson recalled in the interview. "Within 17 minutes, I had already documented this one called 'Chorine My Sheba Queen' to the recording machine. That speaks far more about the song than anything I did. The lyrics struck me in a way that the music sounded automatic. It made such sense to my soul and my spirit. It's got an empty and regretful tone but in a very beautiful way. I just latched onto it." No release date quite yet, but you can color us officially excited.]]> http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/09/jay-farrar-readies-new-mermaid-avenue-with-jim-james-will-johnson/feed/ 0