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10.25.3 - Goodnight. It turns out that the Iditarod has permanently disbanded. A final double-CD release will be issued this Winter on Camera Obscura Records, based in Australia. This is a re-issue of our first two, self-released Yuletide CDRs, now properly mixed and mastered. There is quite a lot of new, unreleased bonus material, as well (inlcuding live tracks from VPRO in Amsterdam and Terrastock 5 in Boston). New, unissued studio material is also included on the new Yuletide 2CD. A few other comp tracks may also surface here and there in the coming months, but this is pretty much it. The split LP scheduled with the Olivetree has been cancelled. Thanks to everyone for your support and interest over the years. Buy the new Camera Obscura release - it's good. See you later. WWW.CAMERAOBSCURA.COM.AU 5.30.3 - Sabbatical. Many new Iditarod recordings are being prepared for release throughout 2003, but we are taking a break from live performance. BF/BS will be touring heavily instead. WWW.BLACKFORESTBLACKSEA.COM 4.21.3 - Black Forest/Black Sea. So, the UK & Iceland tour was amazing! In the coming weeks, we'll be posting many great tour documents - photos, mp3s and other ephemera...stay tuned. We are currently in the midst of our late April tour with the fabulous Fursaxa from Philadelphia - check out the SHOWS page for a listing near you. Miriam and Jeffrey from Iditarod have started a new project called Black Forest/Black Sea and several of the shows with Fursaxa will feature material from this new project. Black Forest/Black Sea is also currently working on a soundtrack to a pseudo documentary about a butterfly collector that is being edited now by a graduating RISD film student. The new issue of Dream Magazine features an Iditarod interview. Many new reviews have also been recently published in Broken Face, The Wire and other fine magazines. We'll update our REVIEWS page shortly. 3.15.3 - Up, Up and Away. So, we leave in just a few days for England! All of our upcoming tourdates have just been updated, so check out the SHOWS page for details. Many great reviews have been surfacing for the recent Yuletide CD on Elsie and Jack as well as the River Nektar CD re-issue - be sure to stop by the REVIEWS page sometime. We have just completed a bunch of new recordings for an upcoming LP on the Last Visible Dog label. We're really excited about the tracks - the results from the studio sessions are most pleasant, indeed! The LVD LP will actually be a split 12" with our friend Glenn Donaldson from San Francisco. Glenn is involved with the Jewelled Antler collective out there and is quite active musically - a member of Thuja, Mirza, Blithe Sons and more! Glenn also records solo material under several different "tree" guises (the Birdtree, the Olivetree, the Ivytree, etc). Our upcoming split will be released as "the Iditarod and the Olivetree". Although the Last Visible Dog release will only be on vinyl, there is a very good chance that a CD version of the split (with extra tracks) will also be released in France! More on that soon...in the meantime, check out these fine links: JEWELLED ANTLER COLLECTIVE LAST VISIBLE DOG RECORDS Speaking of LVD, they are also releasing a fine double CD compilation next week called the Invisible Pyramid and it includes another new, exclusive track from the Iditarod. Some of the other featured artists include Fursaxa, Charalambides, Makoto Kawabata, Bardo Pond, Pelt, Birchville Cat Motel, Subarachnoid Space and more! It's also a very special release for us, as it offically marks the recording debut of Black Forest/Black Sea. 2.25.3 - Upcoming Shows. We've been busy rehearsing with our new tour lineup and writing/recording a lot of new material, as well. It has all been very productive. Be sure to tune in next week to Brown Student Radio to get a live sampling of our upcoming tour: FRIDAY EVENING - MARCH 7th 9 PM BROWN STUDENT RADIO, live broadcast PROVIDENCE, RI area - tune in to 88.1 FM REST OF WORLD - tune in online to http://www.bsrlive.com Our live dates are rapidly coming together - check out the UPCOMING SHOWS page for all the details. It is updated often. We're very excited to be joining Sharron Kraus in England and Fursaxa in the Northeast! 1.28.3 - Record Release Show. SUNDAY AFTERNOON - FEBRUARY 9th 4 PM ATLAS BOWER BOOKS PROVIDENCE, RI USA the IDITAROD BARN BURNING FREE Admission! Come join us in celebration of two new CD releases! Browse some used books, check out some free live music, bask in the glow of the loving holiday vibe and hey - why not buy our new CDs while you're at it? We will be playing as a quartet with Carin, Jeffrey, William on percussion and our new friend Miriam on cello. The Barn Burning folks will be kicking off the party with a special stripped-down acoustic trio set. A fine, mellow afternoon, to be sure - and a Valentine's extravganza, to boot! 1.28.3 - So Much To Report. The Yuletide CD with Sharron Kraus is out and it's beautiful! Kudos to Elsie and Jack! WWW.ELSIEANDJACK.COM Curious folks should check out our MP3 page for a sample. The River Nektar CD re-issue on BlueSanct hits stores next week! Radio promotion and distribution are being handled by the nice folks at Secretly Canadian. The CD has already received a lot of excellent press coverage - check out our REVIEWS page where we obsessively archive text of that sort. The Kleine CD-R is officially out of print. Plans are afoot for a double LP version of Kleine with some extra exclusive bits! Fleece Records down in Texas is working on a deluxe package complete with heavy, audiophile vinyl. It all sounds quite lovely...possibly a Summer release. We have been quite busy lately with our new record label called Secret Eye. WWW.SECRETEYE.ORG 1.2.3 - Happy New Year. Our new Yule disc with Sharron Kraus is now available - check the DISCOGRAPHY page for details. We're working on a few compilation tracks right now and we're also making plans to record a new full-length in February and March. Our UK tour for late March is coming together, as well - we'll be visiting England, Scotland and Wales. More details shortly... 1.2.3 - Quiet Music Series #7. THURSDAY NIGHT - JANUARY 16th 9:30 PM AS220 "Quiet Music Series" #7, on the 2nd floor! PROVIDENCE, RI USA CHRIS BROKAW BARN BURNING Chris Brokaw from Boston (ex-Codeine, Come) brings his solo material to the QMS. Local heroes Barn Burning also share the night with a special mellow acoustic set just for us. 12.15.2 - Quiet Music Series #6. THURSDAY NIGHT - DECEMBER 19th 9 PM AS220 "Quiet Music Series" #6, on the 2nd floor! PROVIDENCE, RI USA BARNACLED SHARRON KRAUS Alec K. Redfearn's accordion-fueled free improv noise troupe tones it down quiet style - a unique experiment specifically designed for the QMS. The fabulous Sharron Kraus is also back over from England for another visit and we've coaxed her into playing some wintry solo folk songs. 12.14.2 - Site Updates. There are new MP3s available for download, many new reviews to read and new photos, to boot. Check it out. 11.20.2 - Another Last Minute Show. MONDAY NIGHT - NOVEMBER 25th 9 PM MET CAFE PROVIDENCE, RI USA RASPUTINA the IDITAROD 11.20.2 - Quiet Music Series #5. THURSDAY NIGHT - NOVEMBER 21st 9 PM AS220 "Quiet Music Series" #5, on the 2nd floor! PROVIDENCE, RI USA POEM ROCKET CHRIS DALTRY MARK DWINELL The Iditarod presents another QMS with a special acoustic set from New York's Poem Rocket, plus Chris Daltry from Purple Ivy Shadows will be playing solo. Mark Dwinell of Bright (formerly known as Nonloc) will open the evening. Mark's set at Terrastock was very nice indeed, so be sure to arrive on time! QMS #6 has just been scheduled for DEC 19th with a rare acoustic Barnacled! 11.9.2 - Whole Lotta Love. Here's another smattering of news items: Terrastock 5 was fantastic - thanks to everyone involved! The Terrastock 7" Box Set was ready for the festival and they are quite beautiful indeed! Check www.time-lagrecords.com for info. A few reviews for the box are already up on our REVIEWS page - under 7"s. The River Nektar re-issues look and sound great - new reviews are also up on that same page. This BlueSanct re-issue (exclusively distributed by Secretly Canadian) will be released to stores in February 2003. For the past two winters we have released home-made Yuletide CDs and this year will be no different - except that we won't be doing them ourselves. We have recorded this new Yuletide with Sharron Kraus and it is going to be released on the fine Elsie and Jack label. We are very pleased that E&J are behind this release, especially because the label is split between the USA and the UK - just like this new Yuletide project with our friend Sharron from Oxford. Check www.elsieandjack.com for details as they unfold. We are in the early stages of planning a short tour of England and Scotland in March 2003. The live shows will feature the Iditarod, Sharron Kraus and various friends along the way. The tour will be in support of both The River Nektar (BlueSanct) and the new Iditarod with Sharron Kraus Yuletide CD (Elsie and Jack). If anyone can help out in the UK, please contact us! Thanks. Unfortunately, the gig planned for November in Chapel Hill, NC has been cancelled. The UNC radio station WXYC, who was sponsoring our visit, hopes to reschedule (perhaps next semester) - right now, they need to devote their attention to the station's tower/antenna. 10.4.2 - Autumnal News. A whole lot of goings on: Ptolemaic Terrascope #32 is out now (with an Iditarod interview and exclusive comp track). There is a new Iditarod interview in the current issue of the Northeast Performer. There are plenty of great new reviews on the site (the Wire, Exclaim!, T.O.P.I., Rockerilla, Dream and more). The CD re-issues of 'the River Nektar' are ready (!) and will be on sale at Terrastock. The Time-Lag Records split 7" project (the Iditarod, Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Stone Breath and Charalambides) will also be on sale at Terrastock. Terrastock is less than a week away (!) and we're putting together a really sharp set with fuzz guitar, tamboura, chord organ, drums, accordion, records and more. Finally, we've put up a guestbook on the website if anyone wants to say hello. Thanks. 9.17.2 - A Few Things. Sharron Kraus is now back in England after a two month long visit. We certainly had a wonderful time performing and also recording together. The special winter album that we've been working on will be issued in a few months as the third annual installment in our series of Iditarod 'Yuletide' releases. More details will be posted on the Iditarod with Sharron Kraus winter CD very soon. Also, the T.O.P.I. website in France has just put up a streaming audio version of "The Falling Of The Pine" which was taken from our recent full-length CD on BlueSanct. Check it out here: http://topiste.free.fr 9.10.2 - New MP3s. We put up a few live tracks from our recent WFMU radio session. Check out the MP3 page. These live tracks feature: Carin (vocals, shruti, omnichord, finger cymbals), Jeffrey (guitar, phonograph, effects), William (casio, drum kit) and Sharron (whistle). Thanks to Irene Trudel for a great session! 9.9.2 - Friday Night In Providence. Just Announced! FRIDAY NIGHT - SEPTEMBER 13th 9 PM AS220 PROVIDENCE, RI USA SHARRON KRAUS with JEFFREY ALEXANDER and ALEC REDFEARN THE EYESORES FEROXHEAD MARIA VENTURA 9.9.2 - Saturday Night In Providence. SATURDAY NIGHT - SEPTEMBER 14th 9 PM WHITE ELECTRIC COFFEE PROVIDENCE, RI USA the IDITAROD STRINGBUILDER ALEC REDFEARN SHARRON KRAUS An exciting weekend in Providence (and our last with Sharron Kraus - she's heading back home to England). Friday night, will be an improvised set: Sharron will be performing banjo and clarinet along with Jeffrey from the Iditarod on electric guitar and Alec from the Eyesores on accordion - fun! Saturday night we'll be presenting proper, individual sets as part of White Electric's 2 Year Anniversary Party! We're also excited to see the long-awaited return of Stringbuilder as the original acoustic duo...cool! 9.3.2 - The Underwater Highway. The drive from Rhode Island to New York City usually takes three hours. Yesterday it took nearly eight (portions of I-95 were flooded). Needless to say, we missed most of our on-air gig at WFMU. Oh well. There was just enough time to air Sharron's set live and then our DJ, Irene Trudel, kindly offered to stay late and record an Iditarod set. So, tune in next week to WFMU - Monday September 9th at 4pm to hear the Iditarod "live" via magnetic tape. You can also listen online. Archived copies of both sets will also remain on the WFMU website indefinitely. 8.31.2 - Kleine on CD-R. We've had great response to the cassette-only album that we compiled for Morc records in Belgium. We've completely run out! It has been decided to press CD-R versions to sell at Iditarod shows and also through mail order here. The discs are $5 in the States and $6 overseas (includes postage). Morc will continue to make cassette copies, as well. More information is available in the DISCOGRAPHY section. 8.31.2 - A Message From Time-Lag. ...the BIG project, though, is a very special five 7inch set in the works for release at TERRASTOCK 5. the set will feature one full 7inch each by : THE IDITAROD, STONE BREATH, CHARALAMBIDES, BARDO POND, and SONIC YOUTH. Each 7inch will come in it's own letterpressed uni-pak style gatefold sleeve (2 color on art paper), and for those who buy the full set, there's a die-cut wrap-around box to hold them all. All exclusive tracks (and really good ones!); Numbered edition of only 500. These will be first available at T5, and are expected to go quite fast, so if you won't be making the show, and want one, let me know, and i'll do my best to hold a pile for all of you mail order folks. TIME-LAG RECORDS, 135 Marginal Way, PO Box 9715-162, Portland, Maine 04104-5015 USA. 8.27.2 - More Live Shows - Updated. A few additional dates for the Iditarod with Sharron Kraus. Plus, still more to come... Sept 1 - BOSTON, MA - the Kendall Cafe, 9pm Sept 2 - JERSEY CITY, NJ - WFMU Radio, 3pm Sept 6 - NEW YORK, NY - the Baggot Inn, 7pm 8.14.2 - the Iditarod Features In Print. Several Iditarod interviews will be published in the coming months. First up, we will be featured in the next issue of the awesome Ptolemaic Terrascope (Issue #32) due out in September. We'll also have exclusive music on that issue's CD comp. The fabulous Dream Magazine will be publishing Issue #3 around Halloween which will also include an Iditarod interview and CD comp track. Another upcoming feature interview is scheduled for Copper Press (Issue #13) - that one was conducted by our friend Michael up in Nova Scotia. We we're also recently featured in the Italian magazine Rockerilla as part of an article on the "new American minstrels" along with Bevel, Drunk, In Gowan Ring and others. More info on each of these magazines: PTOLEMAIC TERRASCOPE DREAM MAGAZINE COPPER PRESS ROCKERILLA 8.13.2 - the River Nektar CD Re-issue. The BlueSanct label of Bloomington, IN is re-issuing our first CD. All 13 tracks from the original 1998 release on Hub City have been newly mixed and now properly mastered for the first time. Plus, we're including 33 minutes of bonus material – 22 tracks in all. A few tracks from out-of-print singles and tape releases are included along with a few completely unreleased bits (none of the bonus material has ever been on CD). The CD will be issued in a jewel case this time. The River Nektar re-issue is scheduled to be distributed to stores in Feb 2003, but we should have them available here for mailorder this Fall. 8.2.2 - A Message From Hand/Eye. Hey all, Just a note that the new "Hand/Eye" 2CD compilation is available now! Besides an amazing array of bands (all of the Poor Minstrels from both tours, plus many many greats besides) it has a wonderful previously unissued Iditarod song. Mailorder available at: WWW.SOMEDARKHOLLER.COM 7.9.2 - Quiet Music Series #3. THURSDAY NIGHT - JULY 18th 9 PM AS220 "Quiet Music Series" #3, on the 2nd floor! PROVIDENCE, RI USA SHARRON KRAUS the IDITAROD We're pleased to be hosting the Camera Obscura recording artist, Sharron Kraus this summer. She'll be joining us for assorted live dates in New England and Maritime Canada (see the following post) - it all kicks off with the third installment of the QMS! As always, the QMS happens upstairs in the 2nd floor gallery at AS220, 115 Empire Street in Providence, RI. (AS220 is closed for the month of August, but the Iditarod will resume their monthly Quiet Music Series in Sept.) 7.9.2 - Live Dates Updated. The following shows all feature the IDITAROD and SHARRON KRAUS: July 18 - PROVIDENCE, RI - QMS #3 at AS220 July 20 - EASTHAMPTON, MA - the Flywheel July 23 - BOSTON, MA - Pipeline! WMBR, MIT Radio July 25 - NEWBURYPORT, MA - Middle Street Foods Aug 2 - BOSTON, MA - Milky Way Lounge and Lanes Aug 17 - NEWBURYPORT, MA - Envyfest, 3pm Aug 17 - DURHAM, NH - WUNH Radio, 8pm Aug 18 - ORONO, ME - University of Maine Aug 21 - HALIFAX, NS - Dandelion Cafe Aug 23 - ST. JOHN, NB - CFMH Radio, 3pm Aug 23 - ST. JOHN, NB - Waterfront Lounge, 10pm Aug 24 - PORTLAND, ME - St. Lawrence Church Sharron Kraus is a wonderful songwriter and banjoist who is visiting us from Oxford, UK. By all means check out these websites for more information: SHARRON KRAUS CAMERA OBSCURA RECORDS 6.23.2 - Assorted News. There are a whole mess of new CD reviews. Be sure to check out the REVIEWS page. Also, on June 20th, the De Avonden show on VPRO radio in Amsterdam broadcast an hour-long Iditarod program. The broadcast featured live in-studio performance and interviews that we recorded while visiting in February. 6.17.2 - Quiet Music Series #2. THURSDAY NIGHT - JUNE 20th 9 PM AS220 "Quiet Music Series" #2, on the 2nd floor! PROVIDENCE, RI USA Tired of loud, boring bands in noisy, smoky bars? Check out the QMS this Thursday (gallery night at AS220) for an intimate evening of hushed melancholy featuring the seductive slowcore of... LANDING (New Haven, CT) fisheyelens (Ottawa, CAN) Upstairs in the 2nd floor gallery at AS220, 115 Empire Street in Providence, RI. While soaking in the art, music and culture, you're welcome to occasionally retire to the first floor for nicotine and beverages if that's the kind of bag you're in. 4.23.2 - Our Quiet Music Series. The Iditarod kicks off the QMS at AS220 ! WEDNESDAY NIGHT - MAY 22nd 9 PM AS220 "Quiet Music Series" #1, on the 2nd floor! PROVIDENCE, RI USA CHARALAMBIDES P.G. SIX the IDITAROD AS220 announces a new series of intimate live music in our cozy 2nd floor performance space. The QMS, to be hosted monthly by the Iditarod, kicks off with a (quiet) bang! Enjoy the hypnotic, experimental drone of Charalmbides from Austin, TX and the beautifully subtle psych-folk acoustica of P.G. Six from NYC (Pat from Tower Recordings). To start their series, the Iditarod will also present recent deviations from their dreamy trance folk. Anyone interested in taking part in a Quiet Music event, should email us: iditarod@email.com 4.5.2 - New CD. Our new CD, the Ghost, the Elf, the Cat and the Angel, was formally released this week. Ask for it in your local shop. If you prefer mail order, it's available directly from us and also through any of the mail order outlets on our LINKS page. Several great reviews have already been printed - click on the REVIEWS page. 3.20.2 - Home Again. Well, our brief European tour is over. Right now, we're updating the website with news and a whole lot of new merchandise. Back to work... 3.20.2 - Terrastock. The Iditarod has been invited to perform at Terrastock V this October in Boston, MA. Very exciting! For more info on the T5 festival, check out: www.terrascope.org 2.13.2 - Brand New Newsworthy News. Issue 13 of the excellent Swedish magazine Broken Face is now available - included is an exclusive Iditarod interview. The Iditarod - Jen Turrell split 7" on Dutch Courage is out now. The Iditarod full-length cassette release "Kleine" is ready 2/Jan/2003to go on Morc, as well. When we get back from tour, the DISCOGRAPHY page will be updated with both of these new releases as well as the Poor Minstrels 2 comp. Check the new Poor Minstrels website for more info on the tour and the comp: POOR MINSTRELS WEBSITE 2.13.2 - Tourdates...Updated POOR MINSTRELS OF SONG II Feb 16 - PROVIDENCE, RI (USA), AS220 Music by DREKKA, IDITAROD, BROTHER DANIELSON and the NINE FRUIT TREE. Hosted by the eminent mentalist and mindreader, RORY RAVEN Following 10 shows feature the individual and collective performances of: DREKKA (usa) the IDITAROD (usa) RING (nor) PETER SCION (swe) Feb 19 - OSLO (Nor), Blå Feb 20 - COPENHAGEN (Den), Ungdomshuset Feb 21 - ROSTOCK (Ger), Stubnitz Feb 22 - DARMSTADT (Ger), Oetinger Villa Feb 23 - HALLE (Ger), Brohmers Feb 24 - FRANKFURT (Ger), Dreikönigskeller Feb 26 - AMSTERDAM (Hol), VPRO session Feb 27 - ANTWERP (Bel), Radio Central -- morning Feb 27 - KOERSEL-BERINGEN (Bel), Club 9 -- evening Following 2 shows feature music by: DREKKA, IDITAROD, BLEK INK and SPECIAL GUESTS. Mar 1 - REYKJAVIK (Ice), live radio session Mar 2 - REYKJAVIK (Ice), TBA 1.19.2 - Domain Name. Our new domain name: THEIDITAROD.ORG 11.28.1 - New Address. For mail order and all correspondence - effective immediately. the IDITAROD PO BOX 170 BARRINGTON, RI 02806 USA 11.10.1 - Philadelphia Show Announcement. SATURDAY NIGHT - DECEMBER 8th 9 PM (sharp!) BROOKE'S SALON SERIES PHILADELPHIA, PA USA the IDITAROD STONE BREATH FURSAXA MARIANNE NOWOTTNY GREG WEEKS We're very excited to play this show! the Iditarod has only performed in Philadelphia once before - almost 3 years ago at the 'Ethical Society' on Rittenhouse Square. Everything we have heard about Brooke's loft space - 817 N. 2nd St. #2 (Between Poplar & Brown Sts.) - sounds marvelous... and what a line-up! Sounds like a festival or something. 11.10.1 - Providence Show Announcement. FRIDAY NIGHT - NOVEMBER 23rd 9 PM AS220 PROVIDENCE, RI USA the IDITAROD EMILY SPARKS ERIK WOHLGEMUTH This should be a nice initimate evening for the day after Thanksgiving -- AS220 is one of our favorite venues and the Iditarod has not played there since Mark and Farley's wedding party. 11.10.1 - Poor Minstrels tour. Plans for the POOR MINSTRELS OF SONG II tour have been quite intense lately. Tour dates will be announced quite soon -- everything will take place in February and March of 2002 throughout northern Europe: RING (norway), the IDITAROD (usa), PETER SCION (sweden) and DREKKA (usa) will all be performing together -- stopping in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Iceland. fun, fun. Oh yeah -- we're also going to have a tour kickoff show here in Rhode Island with STONE BREATH, DREKKA and the IDITAROD... We are also preparing full color tour posters (designed by WILL SCHAFF), T-Shirts (designed by TIMOTHY RENNER) and tour programmes complete with a CD sampler featuring a handful of new tracks from each artist. 11.10.1 - Wyrdfolk Compilation. The brand new IDITAROD track "The Rowan" will be featured very soon on a spectacular new compilation from Hand/Eye - Dark Holler. Check out their sharp new website: www.somedarkholler.com 11.10.1 - New Iditarod CD. We are currently finishing everything up for our new full length cd on BlueSanct records. www.bluesanct.com The CD is titled "the Ghost, the Elf, the Cat and the Angel" and is tentatively scheduled for a March 2002 release... 52 minutes of music including two collaboration tracks with FIT & LIMO (Germany). Partially recorded in Richmond, VA by Jesse Poe (TANAKH, SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE). 11.10.1 - New Iditarod - Jen Turrell split single. A new 7" should be released in Dec/Jan on the Chicago label, Dutch Courage. (DC08) www.dutchcouragerecords.com It's a split with Philadelphia singer Jen Turrell and features two unreleased Iditarod songs: "Larry" which is a solo acoustic piece from Carin and the very twisted "Weaker One" which (among other things) show-cases Dennis Kelly on fractured steel guitar. The HULA BOMB ! 11.10.1 - New live CD. Plans are also under way to release a live concert recording from October 4th, 2000 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The live cd will include selections from each of the 3 performers that night: JERRY JOHANNSON, PETER SCION and the IDITAROD. A beautiful night of music starting with a 20 minute sitar raga. no scheduled release date yet -- will be on Hand/Eye - Dark Holler. 11.10.1 - More stuff. As if all of those records weren't enough, we are also working on a cassette only release on the MORC TAPES label out of Belgium... AND, we are preparing another Iditarod yuletide surprise. 10.24.1 - Providence show announcement. (Change to previous post) Outsider folk vs. Over the hill punk SUNDAY NIGHT - OCTOBER 28th 7 PM MET CAFE PROVIDENCE, RI USA MICHAEL HURLEY the IDITAROD Mr. Hurley will be performing solo. Due to a death in the family, his tour was sadly cut short and his West Coast accompanists will not be appearing. However, this is a rare chance to see the legendary Snock attempt to overcome the sublime sounds of The Misfits wafting in from the club next door. Michael Hurley is a national treasure - one of the last remaining American rambling folk troubadours. A true hobo, he ventures from town to town in his 60s Chevy with no home to call his own. Making music since the days Bob Dylan first set foot in NYC's Gaslight club, Hurley recorded his first album for Moses Ash's legendary Folkways label in 1964 and continued to release albums for both Warner Brothers and Rounder. His mid-70s Have Moicy album was selected among the top 10 for the decade by Rolling Stone. "Michael Hurley is the last unreconstructed folkie-shaman in America. His songs are primordial tales of the hunt for good cheer and satisfying sex, etched like cave paintings on city walls and farmland silos. Like many characters in his songs, his voice seems to have been run over by the dump truck of life, but it marries human mystery to forthright music like no other." - Milo Miles 10.2.1 - Providence show announcement. MICHAEL HURLEY & FRIENDS, IDITAROD SUNDAY NIGHT - OCTOBER 28th 7 PM MET CAFE PROVIDENCE, RI USA MICHAEL HURLEY & HIS WEST COAST PALS featuring: ROBIN REMAILY & DAVE REISCH Michael Hurley’s latest album — Weatherhole on Field Recordings — shows no sign of artistic decline and garnered rave reviews. While most of his contemporaries are long past their prime or have expired, Hurley’s muse is still intact. Weatherhole is jam-packed with gems, such as “The Rue of Ruby Whores,” “Vanessa,” and “Wildgeeses” —songs that’ll make you laugh as well as weep. Hurley’s songwriting talent is something that hasn’t gone unnoticed by new a generation of musicians. In recent years, Hurley was invited to tour with alt-country heroes Son Volt and Lucinda Williams. He’s also shared bills with Smog and Palace Brothers, played with the Giant Sand rhythm section, and his songs have been covered by indie stars Cat Power and Yo La Tengo. Robin Remaily — childhood friend of Hurley and fellow rambler — wrote the 60s standard "Euphoria" (made famous by both the Youngbloods and the Holy Modal Rounders), in addition to a host of great songs that made it onto Holy Modal Rounders’ albums. These songs, however, are only the tip of the Remaily musical iceberg. Robin’s multi-instrumental expertise can be found on the Holy Modal Rounders LPs of the 70s, as well as on several Michael Hurley albums. On this tour Robin will add mandolin, fiddle, lap steel, quartro, and guitar to Hurley’s songs and will even moonlight some of his own. Bass player Dave Reisch is a long-time member of the Holy Modal Rounders clan, and can be heard on a number of HMR and Michael Hurley albums. Hurley considers Dave his most sympathetic interpreter and favorite backing musician — "…people always say we play as one." Dave usually backs Hurley on his European tours and out in the Portland, OR area. Hurley hasn’t played this side of the country with his two friends and accompanists in over a decade, so these shows will be a special treat for Hurley afficionados as well as for anyone into an eccentric mix of folk, blues, and country that’s pure as a mountain stream. 8.22.1 - Richmond show announcement. PELT, FURSAXA, IDITAROD & TANAKH SATURDAY NIGHT - AUGUST 25th 9 PM PYRAMID INSTITUTE RICHMOND, VA USA The only thing that is for certain is change and we are celebrating/mourning the passing of the Pyramid Institute this weekend. From Shriner's Temple, to speak easy, to teen-dance hall, to private club, to karate dojo, to Tanakh home/practice and recording space, and on now to "luxury apartments". (I hope the tenants of these new luxury apartments do not mind living amongst ghosts.) To mourn the passing Pelt, Fursaxa, Iditarod & Tanakh will be performing the night through, and perhaps a special performance by the ghosts as well, they have always been happy to make noise in the past. If you are not familiar with the bands playing they all can be found on the net and at the record store, but to generalize it will be a night of non-apethetic crusty acoustic/electric psychedelic folk-rock-ambience. Please come and bring your friends, and your own beverage of choice. Take the Broad street exit off of 64/95 and then flip a bitch so that you are heading north on Broad towards Church Hill (the numbers should be getting larger not smaller). Take Broad to 25th street then turn left, there is a light there and St. John's church resting ground to Elizabeth Poe mother of the great E.A.Poe. The Pyramid Institute is exactly one block from Broad, on the corner of Marshall and 25th - it is the huge corner building that is not a funeral home or deliverance temple. It will say Pyramid Institute Private club above the double grey doors. This show is free and so is the party since it is not a "legal" venue, but all of the bands besides Tanakh are from out of town so a donation of a few bucks or a couple beers would be nice, but follow your heart on that one. 8.13.1 - Recording. We are going down to a studio in Richmond, VA next week to record a bunch of new Iditarod material. The recordings are being done by Jesse of the band Tanakh. Also at Jesse's studio on Saturday August 25th we're playing a cool show: Pelt, Fursaxa, Tanakh and the Iditarod. We've arranged for Tara from Fursaxa to join in on some of our recording - we can't wait. The tracks will finish up our next full-length CD which is scheduled for a February 2002 release on BlueSanct Musak. In addition to new material, the forthcoming Iditarod CD includes long-distance collaborations that we've done with Fit & Limo and Alastair Galbraith. After the record is finished, we're going to start booking the 2nd "Poor Minstrels" tour which is also scheduled for February 2002 - this one will be a few weeks in Northern Europe with Drekka, the Iditarod, Ring and Peter Scion. More info as details finalize... 8.12.1 - Mailing list. We started an Iditarod info mailing list through Topica called the "Ghostly Elf Cat Angel". You can subscribe easily on the CONTACT page - there's also a link on the LINKS page. 8.10.1 - Here we go. The launch of the new Iditarod website. Everything about this new site is growing and maturing - check back now and again to see what's happening. Also, let us know if there's something you would like to see in these pages - constructive suggestions are welcome. |
