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Drunken Prayer

Cordellia Elsewhere (2019) … songs for dark days …

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Drunken Prayer - Cordelia Elsewhere (Deer Lodge Records)

Drunken Prayer – Cordelia Elsewhere (Deer Lodge Records)

Cordelia Elsewhere is the fifth album from Drunken Prayer, which is the nom de plum of stalwart Freakwater guitarist Morgan Geer. It plays like a collection of aural snapshots gathered from a life spent on the road. “I hate what they did to my town, so I moved to another town.”  Geer sings on the ragged and rockin’ “Cordelia.”  It appears that he’s always been a traveler, a trend that began as he…

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New Audio: Renowned Pacific Northwest-based Duo Hillstomp Releases a Stomping and Grimy Blues

New Audio: Renowned Pacific Northwest Duo Hillstomp Releases a Stomping and Grimy Blues @hillstomp @fluffandgravy @gravypipe

Comprised of Henry Hill Kammerer (guitar, vocals) and John Johnson (drums, percussion), the Portland, OR-based folk and…

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Drunken Prayer @ the cave

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The Handsome Family Go Back In Time at Tramshed Cardiff.  We are stepping on board the Handsome Family Tardis as they take us back twenty years to 1998 and the release of their third album Through The Trees.

First, let’s set the scene. It is a sedate Tramshed tonight, no barrier, not standing crowds but neatly arranged banks of chairs. Very different from when The Handsome Family played the packed and very warm standing gig at The Globe March 2015. Times are a changing. Last time the tour was following the release of Wilderness, tonight we are in a retrospective mood as we step back in time.

Secondly, in time-honoured tradition The Handsome Family have support and for this tour, it is Drunken Prayer aka Morgan Geer. Yes, Drunken Prayer is a solo act, no band joined him as he stood on stage dressed in black with his fender telecaster. The venue was cool and we needed warming up, to build up the atmosphere for the anticipated main act. The music delivered was an eclectic mix of styles, loosely fitting under the banner Americana. The lyrics and delivery were rooted in the folk music of the Scot-Irish ancestors of the area of North Carolina the Geer family hails from. Whilst the guitar playing roved from Rockabilly through to Country via what was at times rather eerie and creepy delivery of chords. Reflecting his album Title Devil and The Blues, his quiet style would have benefited from a bit more dialogue with the audience combined with a mix of styles definitely hit the right spot for the audience who appreciated the laid-back low-key delivery.

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Thirdly, interval time to catch up with friends, have a drink and explore the merch on offer including the charming, unique and effective painting by Rennie.

Now for the main event, as the lights dimmed again, sets were re-taken and The Handsome Family stepped onto the stage to warm applause and whoops of delight.  Tonight the heart of the band bringing The Handsome Family a spark of creativity are husband and wife Rennie stage left and Brett Sparks centre stage were joined by drummer and extraordinarily talented percussionist Jason Toth and multi-instrumentalist Alex McMahon. On stage tonight the array of instruments played and sounds created shaped the tones and textures that accompanied the story filled poetic lyrics of every song. The one constant was the acoustic guitar and vocals from Brett as everyone around him changed instruments he kept on delivering.

This tour is the first time The Handsome Family have played an album in its entirety. The album heard and played live had a mesmeric effect, a soothing yet troublesome mix of a lullaby, fables and gothic fairy tales. We were taken into the trees, to meet the world’s tallest man. Who at five years old was six-foot and too tall to be hugged Rennie shared this, felt so sad that it had been the motivational thought to write a song. As ever it is the anecdotes the conversations between husband and wife that binds the live show together. We the audience are invited to hear the conversations that normally we do not hear. Snippets of thoughts and the trail of making a song. The tone at times takes on a feeling that we are listening to a pair of bickering comedians. The music at times is trippy and other times scary but always wrapped in the delivery of tones that are uniquely the family way.  Where the Birch Trees Lean, is haunting you can hear the wind in the music that has shaped the Birches, the titanium triangle from Portugal (these are the facts you get from Rennie!) makes a distinctive bell-like surreal sound. The next number was seamless as we now were taken inside the Cathedral as the song inspired by the life of the majestic building. The unusual and at times unexpected sounds creating moods and atmospheres. Sometimes these are cold other time warm and comforting full of atmosphere. The music is a collision of music from folk who have influenced the music of America with an edge of modernity as punk-folk is developed. The songs are rarely cute or quaint. Often involving critters and the power of nature the sounds and lyrics challenge you this is modern cutting and challenging.

As the album fades away with the closing track My Ghost the feeling of the venue is ethereal. We all wondered what other highlights from across their discography would be plucked out to close out tonight’s concert. The tone and mood picked up with gems including Frogs from their latest album Wilderness and of course no set would be complete without Far From Any Roads the hit theme song they wrote for True Detectives. Another stand out number was The Bottomless Hole. As the music faded we had to climb out of the bottomless hole that is the magic weaving of sound that encapsulates you at a Handsome Family show and step out of the venue and back into the real world beyond.

Weightless Again

Track List – Through The Trees Weightless Again My Sister’s Tiny Hands Stalled Where the Birch Trees Lean Cathedrals Down In The Ground The Giant of Illinois Down in the Valley of Hollow Logs I Fell The Woman Downstairs Last Night I Went Out Walking Bury Me Here My Ghost

08 MAR – HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club 10 MAR – EDINBURGH La Belle Angele 11 MAR – GLASGOW ABC 12 MAR – ABERDEEN Lemon Tree 13 MAR – STIRLING Tolbooth 15 MAR – LONDON Round Chapel 17 MAR – LEEDS Howard Assembly Room 18 MAR – SHEFFIELD Plug 20 MAR – NORWICH Waterfront 21 MAR – CAMBRIDGE Junction 22 MAR – BRISTOL St Georges 23 MAR – SOUTHAMPTON Brook 24 MAR – BRIGHTON St Georges Church 25 MAR – FOLKESTONE Quarterhouse 24 MAY – BIELEFELD Forum (DE) 25 MAY – DÜSSELDORF ZAKK C (DE) 26 MAY – HANNOVER Café Glocksee (DE) 27 MAY – BERLIN Lido (DE) 29 MAY – DRESDEN Beatpol (DE) 30 MAY – REGENSBURG Alte Mälzerei (DE) 31 MAY – VIENNA WUK (AT) 02 JUN – FREIBURG Great Räng Teng Teng (DE) 03 JUN – ZÜRICH El Lokal (CH) 05 JUN – REUTLINGEN Franz K. (DE) 06 JUN – HEIDELBERG Karlstorbahnhof (DE) 07 JUN – WIESBADEN Kesselhaus (DE) 09 JUN – AMSTERDAM Paradiso Noord (NL) 11 JUN – AARHUS Atlas (DK) 12 JUN – COPENHAGEN Jazzhouse (DK) 15 JUN – GOTHENBURG Pustervik (SE) 16 JUN – Södra Teatern & Mosebacke (SE)

Tickets via http://loosemusic.com/live

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The Handsome Family Go Back In Time at Tramshed Cardiff The Handsome Family Go Back In Time at Tramshed Cardiff.  We are stepping on board the Handsome Family Tardis as they take us back twenty years to 1998 and the release of their third album Through The Trees.

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Drunken Prayer Daytrotter Session Aug 29, 2013

Drunken Prayer Daytrotter Studio Rock Island, IL Aug 29, 2013 - Ramble And Roam -- To Live Is To Obey

Drunken Prayer Daytrotter Session Daytrotter Studio (Rock Island, IL) on 08/29/2013

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New Audio: The Cosmic and Jangling Psych Folk of Portland's The Parson Red Heads

New Audio: The Cosmic and Jangling Psych Folk of Portland’s The Parson Red Heads

Currently comprised of Evan Way, Brette Marie Way, Sam Fowles and Robbie Auspurger along with a rotating cast of collaborators and friends, the Portland, OR-based indie folk/psych…

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