Mipso - Edges Run - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2020 . Mipso's sixth studio album (self-titled) offers a stunning glimpse into the next musical chapter for this intriguing band. Their Rounder debut masterfully harnesses the remarkable talent and rare collective rapport to deliver their most fully realized recording to date. The 12-track project is an evolution. Their meticulous songcraft and tender vocal harmonies reach new heights. Simultaneously, band explorations in sounds, textures and tempo finds Mipso forging exciting new musical territory. Album Tracks 1. Never Knew You Were Gone 2. Hey, Coyote 3. Hourglass 4. Your Body 5. Caroline 6. Just Want to Be Loved 7. Help 8. Big Star 9. Let a Little Light in 10. Like You Never 11. Shelter 12. Wallpaper Baby

The Elephants are now free to roam about the country Nederland, Colorado is high up in Rocky Mountain country, a place where people live and play in a picturesque time and space. And in this remote mountain town, there's a unique ensemble of egoless Earth dwellers that are known around these parts as Elephant Revival. This soulful, seductive quiver of 20-something songwriters and multi-instrumentalists reign from points across the United States. Since Oct. 2006, Dan Rodriguez, Bonnie Paine, Dango Rose, Sage T. Cook and Bridget Law have herded in a greatly applauded neo-acoustic gyptic revival at festivals, clubs, house concerts and theaters from the Rockies to the Ozarks and all points in between. The revival is totally original yet pays homage to some influences - Little Feat, The Band, Leftover Salmon, Tha Musemeant, Billie Holiday, Bonnie's mom, Taj Mahal, Bob Dylan, Randy Crouch, Holy Modal Rounders, traditional Celtic and Scottish song-craft, Colorado bluegrass, roots reggae and mountain hip-hop. Each Elephant possesses remarkable and uncanny vocal abilities which can be heard during every performance. The individual members also carry a vast amount of instrumental talent - Rodriguez plays a distinctive finger-style acoustic guitar while Law enchants the audience with her fiddle. Rose grooves on the upright bass and mandolin while Cook plays a variety of instruments including electric banjo, electric guitar, mandolin and upright bass. Ms. Paine channels the rhythmic mean on the washboard and djembe, and occasionally will bow an eerie yet angelic line out of the musical saw. Bonnie's vocal prowess has been compared to the likes of Natalie Merchant and Grace Slick but her uniqueness cannot be pinned down by comparison. Individually and collectively the band members have performed with some of the most prolific performers of our time like Michael Franti, Bela Fleck,

April Verch is known for being one of the world's finest fiddlers and performers of Canadian traditional music, but on this recording she also reaches deep into the heart of traditional music of the United States. She approaches this music with the same richness, charm, beauty and respect with which she plays the fine music of the Ottawa Valley. The spirit of traditional music of the United States is not exclusive to the backwoods of Southern Appalachia, the Ozark mountains, the Midwestern states, nor to the bayous of Louisiana, but resides deep inside the music itself, allowing it to be passed from one place to another, from one heart to the next, coming to life in a person once they've been touched by it. April has been touched by the music. For this project April has brought together a great supporting cast. She chose some of today's finest traditional musicians, who all come from different places throughout the continent, but all of whom come together of one mind. Album Tracks 1. That's How We Run 2. Jim Shank, Ti-Jacques Jarret 3. Coming Up the Pike, Jimmy Got a Lizard, Farewell Trion 4. Lazy John 5. Parker Brown, Possum Run 6. This Flower 7. Long Harbour 8. Worth the Wait 9. Indian Ate a Woodchuck 10. Still Trying 11. Five Miles from Town 12. I'm Waiting to Hear You Call Me Darlin' 13. Guide Me Home 14. Old Sport 15. Moonshien Mac 16. Durangs Hornpipe 17. Ducks on the Millpond