Tag: Simon Joyner
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Top 40 Over 40.33: Blemish
I think I’ve found my personal record of the year. It’s Roberta Flack’s First Take. There’s a song on it called I Told Jesus that joins Jesus is Waiting by Al Green as the only songs that give me a feel for what it is about Christianity that moves people. (I was raised in a…
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Show on 7/24 in Durham
I have been on long hiatus from performing due to COVID’s lingering and working but on Sunday, July 24th I will have the distinct pleasure of opening for my friend and sometime collaborator Simon Joyner here in Durham NC. If you are local please consider coming on out with a friend, or telling a friend.…
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Driftin’ back to Buckley
Simon Joyner once said to me I wish I could sing like Tim Buckley, but I do what I can with what I have. I said I felt the same way. This morning I was looking for something irrelevant to listen to while nearing completion of Gnawing on The Bone, an instrumental project I’ve been…
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Bandcamp store now open
Our new record El Pulpo comes out in the US on October 20th, October 14th if you buy the Shrimper Records tape version from a participating brick and mortar store on Cassette Store Day. For the first time, I will be selling music through Bandcamp. I’ve uploaded the new double album as the homepage, (download,…
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New Album available for Pre-Sale; Back from Europe for late July / early August USA shows
Me and the Cicadas are back from Europe, where I was locked out of posting on this website cuz of technical difficulties. Alex, Wendy, Scott and I had a great tour with some pony-riding and other vacation hijinks mixed in between the shows. Thanks to the many folks who helped make it happen. Our new…
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New Cassette Released Today!
If you’re into hypnosis, you might like a minimal instrumental piece I just released on cassette and digital download from Unread Records this very day. It’s a 45 minute long instrumental version of a song from my forthcoming record called We’ll Teach Them How to Privatize. The cover of the cassette features degraded xeroxed pictures…
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See Refrigerator Live online on March 1st at 6:40 pm!!!
This is such a beautiful picture it makes me a bit misty eyed… Refrigerator will be playing an event at the library where their lead singer Allen Callaci works in Rancho Cucamonga CA on the 1st of March at approximately 6:40 pm. This a rare chance to see these wonderful musicians live, even if it’s…
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Outsourcing…it can be a good thing.2!
As Spare Parts rambles towards completion, cello, violin and backing vocals have been added out in Omaha by Megan Siebe, Mike Williams, Sara Gleason, Benjamin Brodin, Laura Burhenn and Simon Joyner. Vocals were done at ARC studios on the 17th, and a few final percussion, lap steel, and backing vocal tracks will be done chez…