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BLACK SHEEP REVOLUTION BLUES

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November 10, 2011

Julian H. Cope is a national treasure who thankfully shows no sign of hanging up his boots.

Further proof of his flawed/floored genius comes with the news that he and his merry band of Black Sheep are to release a DVD of a 3-day/11 gig busking tour undertaken in 2008.

Start Productions filmed the impromptu performance at  overlooked sites of historical significance in the UK.

This includes footage at the site of the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, the Carl Jung statue in Liverpool and the place Eddie Cochrane died  interspersed with pearls of wisdom from the Archdrude of Wessex himself.

Watch the trailer for Revolution Blues below:

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INTERVIEW WITH MARCO MAHLER

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December 7, 2007

 


Last.fm is a great place to discover new music and even to make contact with artists. Marco Mahler contacted me via my group New Weird America to alert me to the release of his excellent self released debut album entitled Design in Quick Rotation.

My review of this can be found at Whisperin & Hollerin’.
Marco currently lives in Portland, Oregon although it was in the contrasting locations of the Appalachian foothills and Brooklyn that this record was conceived, a fact which explains how it the music seems to explore both the old and the new aspects of the folk traditionMarco Mahler’s music has a depth and intimacy that draws you into his world and I wanted to find out more about how this sound came about. Via e-mail I put a few questions to him :

 On your website, you talk about a contrast of location between Appalachia and Brooklyn – how do you think the album would have sounded if you had made it in just one of these two places?

In the Appalachian mountains: less vibrant. In Brooklyn: less relaxing.

Could you describe the recording process for the album? Continue reading →

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