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Ein kurzes Howe Gelb Interview im Blurt Online Magazin:
http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?magid=90716#/page26/
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoHighlights von Rolling-Stone.deSo klingen die größten Schlagzeuger ohne ihre Band
Welches Equipment verwenden eigentlich…Pink Floyd?
Musikalische Orgasmen: 6 Songs voller Höhepunkte
Dies ist (laut Fans und Kritikern) die beste Folge von „Friends“
Studio-Magier: Die 8 besten Musikproduzenten
So arbeiteten die Beatles am „Weeping Sound“ für das White Album
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First things first:
Ein neuer YouTube Video des alten Giant Sand Klassikers „Robes of Bible Black“ in neuem akustischen Gewand:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=PVek__Dr0Dg
Die offizielle Seite http://www.giantsand.com/ steht in neuem Design und auf der rechten Seite sind die aktuellen Presseveröffentlichungen (Interviews / Kritiken) aufgelistet, von denen ich vor allem auf das umfassende, informative und sehr persönliche Interview im Village hinweisen möchte:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2008/09/howe_gelb_will.php
Das Soloalbum „Dreeaded Brown Recluse“ ist das erste eine Serie von vergriffenen Alben, die nun remastered und mit Bonustrakcs zum Download bereit stehen:
http://owomrecords.com/archives/54
Weitere werden folgen. Eine Übersicht hier:
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoAus dem englischen Word Magazine (October issue). Ein Artikel über „Americana“. Hätte wohl auch in den Calexico-Thread gepasst:
„When Mercury Rev made it big, Howe Gelb of Giant Sand was living in Arizona and had already been making his own Americana — country-rock with almost as much jazz and blues and a kind of peyote psychedelia thrown in — for a decade and a bit. But 1998 was significant for his rhythm section, guitarist/singer Joey Burns and drummer John Convertino, as it was then that they put out The Black Light, their first album with spin-off band Calexico. It was the record that set Calexico’s signature sound: an imaginary Western soundtrack with mariachi horns, purposefully brushed drums and half-spoken tales of outlaws and chiquitas — all slightly tongue in cheek, more Sergio Leone than John Ford. Carried to Dust sticks close to the template — disappointingly close, since on their last album, 2006’s Garden Ruin, they seemed to be about to develop into something more than the sum of their parts, writing about their own times (or rather, those of George W Bush) and melding their musical influences together.
Still, these guys really know how to bed down a mood, and by that measure Carried to Dust is a great trip. Languorous duet Slowness is so perfectly sultry you may find yourself wanting to run off to Tijuana with singer Pieta Brown, while Sarabande, no more than a guitar figure and some pattering drums over 40 seconds, is so atmospheric it opens up a whole desert vista in the imagination.
The problem is, it’s all just a little too faceless, which is not something that could ever be said about the music of their former bandleader, Gelb. When Calexico started doing better than Giant Sand, Gelb’s reaction was in the spirit of Mark E Smith’s quip, „If it’s me and your gran on bongos, it’s The Fall“: he went went off and hired some Danes to replace them. Provisions — his umpteenth album and certainly one of his most satisfying — rather proves the strength of his musical personality, even though, as ever, it’s largely him fiddling around over bass and drums.
Success for Giant Sand can often be no more than reaching the end of a track without falling apart, and Gelb’s always happy to mess up a gentle love song with some sloppy and deafening fuzz-guitar solo or an impromptu ramble on a piano. But if he’s hard to live with, he’s easy to love — his voice is so lazy, raw and rich that you can tell what he’s on about even without taking in a word, and he can sure set that tumble-weed rolling through the canyons of your mind. What’s more, at his best, as on this album’s The Desperate Kingdom of Love with its funereal trumpets, steel guitar and stately piano framing a message of sympathy to a heartbroken „sickly child“, he doesn’t just paint the big picture; his music is involving on a human, personal scale in a way that neither Calexico, with their third-person remove, nor Mercury Rev, with their IMAX-scale wonder, can be. After all, it can get awfully lonely out there in the great wide open.“Autor: James Medd
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C'mon Granddad!Schönes kleines Radiospecial vom letzten Jahr auf KEXP mit
gelungenen Versionen von „Can Do“, „Increment of love“, „Without a word“ und dem neuen Titel „A better man than me“.http://www.kexp.org/aspnet_client/KEXPViewMediaGroup.aspx?rID=27980&pID=528&fID=539&date=539
„…my name is Howe, just Howe, like Home upside down“
Und bald neu beim eigenen Versand OW OM Records
coming soon
GIANT SAND – Off Ramp
(Outtakes from the 1991 release Ramp)
in „Aproximation of joy“ kann man hier reinhören:
http://www.myspace.com/giantsand
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoTolle Neuigkeiten vom Giant Sand Board:
OW OM ’Sno Angel Winging It is a music documentary which follows the collaboration of alt-country troubadour Howe Gelb, his band and Voices of Praise gospel choir. Filmed in the UK, Spain and Canada over 2 years by Maria Mochnacz (film-maker, PJ Harvey – On Tour: Please Leave Quietly (2006), it shows the coming together and subsequent recording session and tour of musicians from very different backgrounds. In the words of choir director Steve Johnston, „Taking a gospel choir, with what we stand for – our beliefs, out on the road with a rock and roll band; you have absolutely no idea what to expect!“ They released a studio album ‚Sno Angel Like You in 2006 and will be releasing a live album with a DVD of this film, later this year.
„rock documentaries suck.
this one is no different, except maybe, cause it was left in the talented hands of maria mochnaz (who shot and assembled the live p.j. harvey DVD) and follows the impossible notion of attaching an entire choir to the crinkle of desire to acquire. it works if you want it too. soothing, like reaffirming creme. loose, like cluster muck. the reliving is relieving and revealing. probably doesn’t suck at all.“ the end, -howe
16:35 on Sunday August 30 2009 – Everywhere
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoKrautathausThey released a studio album ‚Sno Angel Like You in 2006 and will be releasing a live album with a DVD of this film, later this year.
‚Sno Angel „Wingin‘ It“ kann man nun direkt vorbestellen (Kreditkarte & paypal):
We are now taking pre-orders for this brand new 2-disc package! It contains a DVD of the “Wingin’ It” film and a Live concert audio CD. Order now and the package will be shipped as soon as manufacturing is complete (in 2-3 weeks)! The audio portion of this package will also be available as a digital download from iTunes, Amazon, etc. Check back soon for links to the download.
Here’s the link to pre-order the CD/DVD package:
(prices include shipping)
US & Canada $25
Worldwide $30http://www.ccnow.com/cgi-local/sc_cart.cgi?5135929700641108
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoUnd 2 Ausschnitte des Tourfilms auf YouTube zum ansehen:
Howe Gelb – ‚Sno Angel Winging It – 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB4ufThXz4Q
Howe Gelb – Robes Of Bible Black – ‚Sno Angel Wingin It LIVE DVD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfLqgruDD4Q
Die Vorfreude wächst!
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoGroßartige Mini Doku über Howe auf YouTube mit vielen alten Aufnahmen, die ich noch nicht kannte:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ5ZJVz0hjk
Die Aufnahmen der Regisseurin vom „Silver Thread“ Trio sind klasse.
http://www.youtube.com/user/azpmvideo#p/u/1/56ox6nPqOr8
http://www.youtube.com/user/azpmvideo#p/u/0/GEarEllqbcs
Ich wünschte, die könnten mit Howe auf Europatour kommen.
P.S. der myspace link:
http://www.myspace.com/silverthreadtrio
Fantastisch!
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoDas Duo Konzert mit Howe und Thoger in Weinheim (November 2009) kann man hier anhören und runterladen:
http://www.archive.org/details/HoweGelb2009-11-26
Anspieltips: Thin line man, Spiral, Wonder, All done in, Artists.
Es ist ziemlich ähnlich dem Konzert in Geislingen.
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoDa Giant Sand gerade in Spanien touren, um Johnny Cash’s „San Quentin“ live aufzuführen, gaben sie im spanischen Radio 2 Kostproben von Cash Songs:
Sunday Morning Coming Down & Jackson sind schon mal toll. Am Ende spielt er „Always Horses Comin“.
Die Bilder dazu:
http://blogs.rtve.es/hoyempiezatodo/2010/1/25/los-acusticos-het-giant-sand--
“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoNeues Video von einem „Uneven light of the day“ Mix mit spanischem Poploungeflair:
Mif gefallen Schnitt- und Überblendungstechniken des Videos sehr gut. Das Stück ist natürlich auch toll.
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoHowe hat sein neues Album „Alegrías“ in Spanien aufgenommen:
http://www.azstarnet.com/entertainment/music/article_d7a313fa-de52-55ee-ac48-3d1e6118b83a.html
„Gelb expects the album will be released in Europe in May.“
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoOha, Flamenco. Ich bin gespannt, aber auch zuversichtlich, dass dabei was Gutes rauskommen wird. Zufälligerweise lief heute morgen „‚Sno Angel Like You“ – auch dort ist ihm ja der Ausflug in andere musikalische Sphären sehr, sehr gut gelungen. Wenn es auch eher einen passives Aufnehmen war, als ein aktives Übernehmen. Wer weiß, vielleicht ist der Ansatz auf „Alegrías“ ja ein ähnlicher.
Ob Howe bald nach Córdoba ziehen wird? Ich wette drauf…
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detours elsewhereNeuigkeiten von Howe, dem giantsand.com Board entnommen:
howe
barbican is set for july 22. gypsy record („alegrias“) being released first in spain in may, solo record like ’sno angel was, cept with flamenco gypsies attached instead of gospel choir. same template, different time frame. same grapes, different dirt. finishing up next piano record jazz thing now. next giant sand record due out in october.
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike RoykoFür alle Zweifler, die meinen Howe könne nicht Piano spielen:
http://theyshootmusic.at/posts/Howe_Gelb
Auch die Bilder aus dem Haus der Musik in Wien (unterhalb des Videos) sind sehr schön.
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“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.” — Mike Royko
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