The Raven & The Fox – Follow Me
Like their namesakes, Alberta folk duo The Raven & The Fox offer a sound with a sly, mystical edge—what they’ve described from the beginning as “love-inspired mountain music.” It’s a style that singer/songwriters Julie Chang and Sean Isaac have been honing since they first collaborated in 2014, and has now reached fruition on their full-length debut album, simply entitled The Raven & The Fox. Produced by Geoff Hilhorst—keyboardist for acclaimed folk-rockers The Deep Dark Woods—and mixed by longtime associate Jesse Sanderson at OCL Studios outside of Calgary, the record is a haunting 10-track collection that displays Chang and Isaac’s irresistible rootsy sensibilities, as heard on the first focus track “Follow Me.”
Dave Allen – Plainview
With his debut solo album, Toronto-based singer/songwriter Dave Allen establishes himself as a bona fide roots music auteur, transporting us to a place that to our modern perceptions will seem uncomfortably foreign, or conversely, all too real. Listeners previously heard flashes of Allen’s brilliance in his previous work with the Barrie, Ontario collective Stonetrotter, but on When The Demons Come he takes full command in bridging his wide-ranging country, folk, blues and gospel influences.
Recorded at various locations around Ontario over the course of a year, the album in fact gathers a decade’s worth of material Allen had accumulated, which had not found a home within other various projects. Still, there is a common thread of sin and redemption connecting all of the songs, and through the assistance of several of his Stonetrotter band mates and pedal steel virtuoso Aaron Goldstein, it adds up to a haunting and endlessly rewarding listening experience.
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Good day!
It’s funny, when the counter is counting down after a post is posted, and I inactivate my desktop — not off, but in deep sleep — and then light it up again, the countdown numbers, held in buffer somewhere, all stream by in very fast sequence. Nifty.
I think I’ll do it right now.
Hello hello! I enjoyed the music videos, thanks for posting!
Around the second half of the second third of *q*, Prince’s engineer 1983-88, Susan Rogers, takes us through one of his better-known records, Sign of the Times. Check it out.
Love the edit feature, garf! I can add missing info, etc…
To prevent any confusion, I’ll add that Susan Rogers was interviewed last week on *q*, and is already the subject of an item on the webpage. The above is a different bit, a shortish one.
an addendum as it were Benoit
Well, they’ve crafted another distinct ‘item’ out of the interview, “Susan Rogers’ Gateway to…”. I can’t say I blame them. It’s probably the least offensive thing they could do. An “optimisation” of interview resources. Ahem.
You get two — clack
Two! — clack
Two bits in one!
Ciao for niao.
Back. What all have I missed?
Ah, I see, an hour and 22 minutes of breathlessness
It is bustle of activity today for sure.
We were awaiting your return Benoit
breathlessly
yeah, but that is mostly due to the asthma
Good day everyone!
Hi Justin
did y’all see this? It’s pretty great. I’m only up to the bit where R2 R-U-N-N-O-F-T
https://swanh.net/
Hi kids. Another day I was working at another location. How’s things?
Hi DBS, why must you leave me here with these weirdos?
So sorry to do that to you Garf but I know you can keep them in line.
🙁
How is the new job going?
It’s mostly the same thing only done differently. Learning how they like things done is the biggest part of the job. It’s good and gives me a few extra hours of work a week.
More hours are always handy