Joseph Decosimo - Beehive Cathedral - VINYL LP
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In April 2021, Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey-three of the most compelling interpreters in the American traditional music scene-gathered at a cabin in Tennessee to explore their collective repertoire of Old-time fiddle and banjo tunes, gleaned from visits with older players, field recordings, and vintage 78s. In between roaming the surrounding limestone bluffs, hunting morels, and foraging ramps, they nestled into their music and recorded themselves in the cabin-turned-studio. Working with fiddle, hardanger d'amore (a fiddle with sympathetic strings), banjos, and a 19th-century pump organ, the trio captured both the sonic details of their instruments and a generous musical interplay rooted in a dozen years of collaboration. Their debut album, Beehive Cathedral, presents resonant, thoughtful, and expansive explorations of Appalachian and American music. The results showcase deep study and enveloping, exhilarating performances. A rich vein of stories and relationships to people and places underpin Beehive Cathedral. Much of the album draws on Decosimo's experiences learning the music of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau, where he grew up and worked as a folklorist. A key source of inspiration was fiddler Clyde Davenport (1921-2020), InchClyde was a social and musical trickster who knew hundreds of old tunes and had an uncanny ability to recall each piece in exquisite detail,Inch says Decosimo. InchDuring my visits, he'd play breathtaking local pieces from his father Will, who was born in 1868. His father had learned some of them from a neighbor who was born in 1829.Inch These brushes with deep time and place inspire the trio's flowing renditions of Davenport's InchBetty Baker' and InchDrunken HiccupsInch, as well as his driving InchLost GirlInch (wherein a fierce storm can be heard in background). The whistling of Davenport's neighbor Evelyn Sharp gave
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- GenreFolkDescriptionIn April 2021, Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey-three of the most compelling interpreters in the American traditional music scene-gathered at a cabin in Tennessee to explore their collective repertoire of Old-time fiddle and banjo tunes, gleaned from visits with older players, field recordings, and vintage 78s. In between roaming the surrounding limestone bluffs, hunting morels, and foraging ramps, they nestled into their music and recorded themselves in the cabin-turned-studio. Working with fiddle, hardanger d'amore (a fiddle with sympathetic strings), banjos, and a 19th-century pump organ, the trio captured both the sonic details of their instruments and a generous musical interplay rooted in a dozen years of collaboration. Their debut album, Beehive Cathedral, presents resonant, thoughtful, and expansive explorations of Appalachian and American music. The results showcase deep study and enveloping, exhilarating performances. A rich vein of stories and relationships to people and places underpin Beehive Cathedral. Much of the album draws on Decosimo's experiences learning the music of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau, where he grew up and worked as a folklorist. A key source of inspiration was fiddler Clyde Davenport (1921-2020), InchClyde was a social and musical trickster who knew hundreds of old tunes and had an uncanny ability to recall each piece in exquisite detail,Inch says Decosimo. InchDuring my visits, he'd play breathtaking local pieces from his father Will, who was born in 1868. His father had learned some of them from a neighbor who was born in 1829.Inch These brushes with deep time and place inspire the trio's flowing renditions of Davenport's InchBetty Baker' and InchDrunken HiccupsInch, as well as his driving InchLost GirlInch (wherein a fierce storm can be heard in background). The whistling of Davenport's neighbor Evelyn Sharp gaveArtistJoseph DecosimoTitleBeehive CathedralFormatVINYLLabelDear Life Records
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In April 2021, Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey-three of the most compelling interpreters in the American traditional music scene-gathered at a cabin in Tennessee to explore their collective repertoire of Old-time fiddle and banjo tunes, gleaned from visits with older players, field recordings, and vintage 78s. In between roaming the surrounding limestone bluffs, hunting morels, and foraging ramps, they nestled into their music and recorded themselves in the cabin-turned-studio. Working with fiddle, hardanger d'amore (a fiddle with sympathetic strings), banjos, and a 19th-century pump organ, the trio captured both the sonic details of their instruments and a generous musical interplay rooted in a dozen years of collaboration. Their debut album, Beehive Cathedral, presents resonant, thoughtful, and expansive explorations of Appalachian and American music. The results showcase deep study and enveloping, exhilarating performances. A rich vein of stories and relationships to people and places underpin Beehive Cathedral. Much of the album draws on Decosimo's experiences learning the music of Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau, where he grew up and worked as a folklorist. A key source of inspiration was fiddler Clyde Davenport (1921-2020), InchClyde was a social and musical trickster who knew hundreds of old tunes and had an uncanny ability to recall each piece in exquisite detail,Inch says Decosimo. InchDuring my visits, he'd play breathtaking local pieces from his father Will, who was born in 1868. His father had learned some of them from a neighbor who was born in 1829.Inch These brushes with deep time and place inspire the trio's flowing renditions of Davenport's InchBetty Baker' and InchDrunken HiccupsInch, as well as his driving InchLost GirlInch (wherein a fierce storm can be heard in background). The whistling of Davenport's neighbor Evelyn Sharp gave
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Old-time and traditional music stay exciting for their contrasts. Exacting instrumentation honed through mentorships and late-night jams at fiddler's conventions tangles with a community-sourced inventiveness that influences variants and new sounds. Joseph Decosimo is a master of this genre for this very reason, blending deep technique with an openness and curiosity that keep his music crackling with life. A Inchmarvelous fiddlerInch (No Depression) and banjo player who braids Inchexultation and venerationInch (INDY Week) into his music, on his third solo album Fiery Gizzard Decosimo gathers a close-knit ensemble of friends from his musical career to infuse his interpretations of fiddle and banjo pieces with a contagious communal joy.As an artist working with traditional music from the South and Appalachia, Decosimo chooses songs based not only on historical significance and lineage but also his own sensory approach. For Fiery Gizzard, his ear was tuned to otherworldly tones and mystery, sourcing from field recordings such as Virginia fiddler Luther Davis' hypnotic version of InchShady GroveInch while amping up the music's psychedelic potential. On the middle Tennessee banjo composition InchFlowery Girls,Inch a VHS of bluesman Abner Jay inspired Decosimo to rig up a pickup inside a fretless banjo and play it through a tube amp to capture some of Jay's edge and funkiness. But to round out the sound and keep it kinetic meant galvanizing a genre-eschewing crew to jam out- and not in a Inchspaced-out droolyInch kind of way, he laughs, but as a sort of Inchresponsive conversation.InchDecosimo has always been a community-minded artist. He began playing as a seventh grader in Tennessee, fostering relationships with older players at jams and in homes, a learning mode natural to his inquisitive nature and desire for musical connection. A folklorist by intuition, he later becam
Old-time and traditional music stay exciting for their contrasts. Exacting instrumentationhoned through mentorships and late-night jams at fiddler's conventions tangles with acommunity-sourced inventiveness that influences variants and new sounds. Joseph Decosimois a master of this genre for this very reason, blending deep technique with an openness andcuriosity that keep his music crackling with life. A Inchmarvelous fiddlerInch (No Depression) andbanjo player who braids Inchexultation and venerationInch (INDY Week) into his music, on his thirdsolo album Fiery Gizzard Decosimo gathers a close-knit ensemble of friends from his musicalcareer to infuse his interpretations of fiddle and banjo pieces with a contagious communaljoy.As an artist working with traditional music from the South and Appalachia, Decosimo choosessongs based not only on historical significance and lineage but also his own sensoryapproach. For Fiery Gizzard, his ear was tuned to otherworldly tones and mystery, sourcingfrom field recordings such as Virginia fiddler Luther Davis' hypnotic version of InchShady GroveInchwhile amping up the music's psychedelic potential. On the middle Tennessee banjocomposition InchFlowery Girls,Inch a VHS of bluesman Abner Jay inspired Decosimo to rig up apickup inside a fretless banjo and play it through a tube amp to capture some of Jay's edgeand funkiness. But to round out the sound and keep it kinetic meant galvanizing a genreeschewing crew to jam out- and not in a Inchspaced-out droolyInch kind of way, he laughs, but as asort of Inchresponsive conversation.InchDecosimo has always been a community-minded artist. He began playing as a seventh graderin Tennessee, fostering relationships with older players at jams and in homes, a learningmode natural to his inquisitive nature and desire for musical connection. A folklorist byintuition, he later became one by profession,
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