Vashti Bunyan - News, Reviews and Videos
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Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind: Singles And Demos 1964-1967 - The Grande Dame of New Weird America, Vashti Bunyan's records in the late 60s and early 70s are more than a touchstone to freak-folkers-they are almost a template. Lo-fi and whimsical, with an impressionist eye for the cute and odd, Bunyan's minimal pop is endearing and sharp in natural ways...
Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind - This double disc compilation of Vashti Bunyan's pre-Just Another Diamond Day recordings finally settles the misconception that she was a folksinger, as Bunyan attests in the liner notes: "I wanted to bring simple acoustic music into mainstream pop." Her story takes her from art school in London in the mid-sixties,...
Newsom Shines With Brooklyn Philharmonic - Joanna Newsom performed her critically acclaimed album "Ys" from start to finish last night (Jan. 31) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, teaming up with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. The twenty-six year old harpist opened the evening with an epic version of "Emily," augmented by Ryan Francesconi on tambura and banjo....
Best Music of 2008? You Tell Us -
It's been a galvanizing year across the board, from film to politics to economic meltdowns. But it's been an exceptionally cool year for music in all genres. And now that it is winding down, it's time to take stock of the killer sonics.
So we are slowly putting together our recommendations...
Devendra Banhart’s New Album Gives Him “Panic Attacks” -
Next month, freak-folk icon Devendra Banhart will release the debut record from his new side-project with drummer Greg Rogove, which the two have dubbed Megapuss. But Banhart revealed to Rolling Stone that he’s also hard at work at a follow-up to his breakthrough album Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon. So...
Vetiver: More Of The Past -
Back in May of this year Fat Cat released the album Thing Of The Past by Vetiver. While browsing the new releases in my local record shop I picked it up and thought “oh, another Vetiver album”.
I wasn’t rushing to the shops to find it, and I recently overlooked going...
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