James Elkington - Ever-Roving Eye (Color Vinyl) - VINYL LP

Chicago songwriter and guitarist James Elkington-who has collaborated with everyone from Richard Thompson to Jeff Tweedy to Tortoise-recorded his sophomore album at Wilco's Loft, expanding upon his celebrated 2017 debut Wintres Woma (PoB-034) as well as his recent production and arrangement work for the likes of Steve Gunn, Nap Eyes, and Joan Shelley. Casting glances back to British folk traditions as well as toward avant-garde horizons, these brilliant new songs, as accessible as they are arcane, buttress Elkington's brisk guitar figures and baritone poesy with strings, woodwinds, and backing vocals by Tamara Lindeman of the Weather Station.

Hurricane - Reconnected [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/13/2023

Me Neither is a 29 track double album of instrumental guitar music. While juggling a number of other projects James Elkington began writing Inchmusic for which there was no purpose.Inch It became a new way of working for him - waking up each morning and improvising and recording the first thing that came into his head. InchThe only rules I gave myself were that I should make most of the sounds with a guitar, changing the speed or processing the recordings afterwards to get the effect I was looking for.Inch Before long he had an albums worth of material. About mid-way through the second album Elkington had a liberating thought he was making his own version of library music Inchif you're writing library music, you don't have to know what it's for - that can be someone else's job.Inch