S. Carey - Hoyas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The debut album from S. Carey, All We Grow, is the result of a young lifetime spent immersed in music. As a band member of Bon Iver from the very beginning, Sean Carey witnessed a flip of his formal training to step firmly into a worldwide touring rock band. His performance degree in classical percussion from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire and his love for Jazz drumming prepared him for a central role in the inspiring force of the Bon Iver live show. All We Grow is a convergence of Carey's Waltz for Debby era Bill Evans inflected Jazz tendencies, and traditional rock band experience, taking leads from Mark Hollis' Talk Talk. It also retests the waters of modern classical composition, investigating the moodiness generated by percussive repetition in a manner familiar to fans of Steve Reich. In his downtime on tour with Bon Iver, Sean would spend time pining for his soul mate's arms, and in that context, dreaming and composing. During infrequent tour breaks at home he would patiently record these pieces, adding layers each time. While many are familiar with the cabin mythology of Bon Iver, the story behind Sean joining the band is equally kismet. After hearing through mutual friends that Justin was looking to put together a band, he spent two weeks in his bedroom listening to for Emma, Forever Ago on MySpace, dissecting and learning the drum and vocal parts so well that Justin invited him to join the band upon Sean's approach. Album Tracks 1. Move 2. We Fell 3. In the Dirt 4. Rothko Fields 5. Mothers 6. Action 7. In the Stream 8. All We Grow 9. Broken

Trumpeter Henry InchRedInch Allen with the Alex Welsh Band backing him. Tracks Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, at the Jazz Band Ball, Canal Street Blues, Cherry, Patrol Wagon Blues, Rosetta, Yellow Dog Blues, Sweet Substitute, Bill Bailey, St. James Infirmary, Didn't He Ramble / Saints, Bugle Call Rag. Album Tracks 1. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 2. At the Jazz Band Ball 3. Canal Street Blues 4. Cherry 5. Patrol Wagon Blues 6. Rosetta 7. Yellow Dog Blues 8. Sweet Substitute 9. Bill Bailey 10. St. James Infirmary 11. Didn't He Ramble/Saints 12. Bugle Call Rag

Rhiannon Giddens reunites with her former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson on What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow, an album of North Carolina fiddle and banjo music. Produced by Giddens and Joseph InchjoebassInch DeJarnette, the album features Giddens on banjo and Robinson on fiddle, with the duo playing eighteen of their favorite North Carolina tunes a mix of instrumentals and tunes with words. Many were learned from their late mentor, the legendary North Carolina Piedmont musician Joe Thompson; one is from another musical hero, the late Etta Baker, from whom they also learned by listening to recordings of her playing. Giddens and Robinson recorded outdoors at Thompson's and Baker's North Carolina homes, as well as the former plantation Mill Prong House. They were accompanied by the sounds of nature, including two different broods of cicadas, which had not emerged simultaneously since 1803, creating a true once-in-a-lifetime soundscape Album Tracks 1. Rain Crow 2. Brown's Dream 3. Hook and Line 4. Pumpkin Pie 5. Duck's Eyeball 6. Ryestraw 7. Little Brown Jug 8. Going to Raleigh 9. Country Waltz 10. Molly Put the Kettle on 11. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss 12. John Henry 13. Love Somebody 14. Ebenezer 15. Old Joe Clark 16. Old Molly Hare 17. Marching Jaybird 18. Walkin' in the Parlor