...Bogs Visionary Orchestra...

Last night, we hosted our first "house show".  Some great friends came over and shared a potluck of  amazing soups and scrumptious breads, and Hieronymus A. Bogs (from Bogs Visionary Orchestra) shared some of his songs with us.  I had a great time.  Here are a couple of photos from the night and a couple of my favorite Bogs' tunes, and make sure to check out his website....he's an all around good egg.  After such a fun night, I hope to do more shows in the future.
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"Bogs Visionary Orchestra: Jesus"

"Bogs Visionary Orchestra: (Bonus Track)"

...A Mix of BlackForrestry: End of Summer 2012...

This is a mix that I put together back in August.  I hope that it has some miles left in it for ya.  Get the download link in the comments section.

"A Mix Of BlackForrestry: End of Summer 2012: single track"

01 The Stepkids                        4:51
02 Jimmy Cliff                                2:48
03 Jessie Baylin                        2:24
04 Damien Jurado                        3:40
05 Matthew E. White                4:12
06 Soft Healer                                6:46
07 Jonathan Wilson                        7:21
08 Beachwood Sparks                3:35
09 Harumi                                3:43
10 Donnie & Joe Emerson        2:46
11 Boondoggle & Balderdash          3:28
12 Kin Ship                                2:21
13 The Arrows                                2:42
14 Quicksilver Messenger Service   4:02
15 Wool                                        2:43
16 Harmonica Paul                        2:38
17 Neil Young & The Mynabirds     2:59
18 Darling Dears                        3:37
19 Roger Shriver                        4:35
20 Robert Lester Folsom                3:18

...Herizon Recordings...

   My adolescent years were lived in the era of the mix tape.  Granted, the cassette tape was in its twilight years, and most record stores had transitioned to just selling compact discs, but CD  burners were not prevalent yet, and most CD stereos were manufactured with a cassette deck built in (and who in the world had ever heard of an MP3).    So, if you wanted to record music or make a mix of songs to listen to, you did it via a cassette tape.
   Tapes were my first love.  They felt so versatile to me- like I was in control.  All I had to do was press the record and play buttons together and I was guaranteed to have something recorded to my tape.  Plus, they were so durable.  You could slip one into your back pocket and go about your day without having the slightest concern that it would get scratched or broken.  Sure, over long periods of time the music on the tape faded gently, but I loved that- especially when it came to the mix tapes that I compiled.  It was like the songs had married themselves together and were going through time together....becoming part of each other.  And this "fade" gave a sort of vintage to the music- a sense of nostalgia.  Kind of like the way you appreciate a photograph more after its sat in your desk drawer
for the past ten years- the edges slightly yellow-ed and the colors faded.  In fact, I purchased a car last year, and I was very excited to discover that instead of a CD player, it had a cassette player on board.  I broke out all my saved tapes and had such a good time listening to old mixes that friends had given me.  Alas, that fun came to an end when one of them became trapped in the player, but it was great while it lasted.
   I learned to love music, because of tapes.  Cassette decks had an inconvenience about them that turned out to be a blessing in disguise- they did not have a "skip track" button.  Of course, they had a fast forward button, but often times it was too much work to search for the end of one song and find the beginning of the next tune.  Because of this, I tolerated many songs that on first listen I did not enjoy....songs and albums that became some of my favorites to this day.  

   So, what's all this tape talk about?  Well, you might remember a post that I put up back in the spring, about Tim Condon, who performs music under the title of "Herizon". I'm excited to report that The Harding Street Assembly Lab has put out a cassette of  Herizon recordings called, Gave Up The Ghost.  Here's what HSAL has to say about the tape:

  Herizon has assembled songs from previous releases ("chesapeake bay", "cave drums"), reworked tunes ("home again", featuring virgineola), & as of yet unreleased pieces ("tied to me", "still believing"). This limited edition cassette (100 copies!) will serve as a pre-cursor to the upcoming Herizon LP, which is being recorded through the Harding Street Assembly Lab with the help of several HSAL affiliated musicians.

The tape comes with a free digital download in just about any format you could want.  You can give the tape a preview over on bandcamp  .  They're a mere 5 bucks, so pick one up.  Only 100 were made, and they'll be sold at shows also, so they are going sell out fast.  Get one while you can.  You can purchase one by emailing Tim at ohnewengland@gmail.com, or by heading over to the HSAL bandcamp page.  These pensive, lo-fi, folk, songs are perfect for the oncoming Fall.  So, fall in love with tapes & fall in love with Herizon!!!!

...Faruq Z. Bey & the Northwoods Improvisers...

Faruq Z. Bey and the Northwoods Improvisers are a jazz group that I came across a year or so ago, and keep coming back to every now and then when the jazz bug bites me.  I've intended to put a mix together compiling this sort of stuff, but I haven't been able to get around to it.  Unfortunately, this past week, as I was revisiting some of his tunes, I discovered that Faruq actually passed away back in June.  So here, are a couple of tracks in memory of him and his great work.  You can also refer to the avant-garde jazz group, Griot Galaxy, to experience some of his earlier work from the 70's and 80's. Hopefully in the near future I'll finally be able to wrap up that mix that I've had in the works.  RIP Faruq Z. Bey.

...A Mix Of BlackForrestry: To The Beach-With My Love 2012...

Here's a slightly adapted mix that I put together for our family trip to the beach earlier this summer. Maybe if you're lucky you'll get one last chance to dive head first into those waves again before cold weather sets in. Enjoy.

"A Mix Of BlackForrestry: To The Beach With My Love: single track"

01 The Beatles: If I Fell 2:15
02 The Beatles: And I Love Her 2:25
03 The Kinks: There Is No Life Without Love 1:56
04 The Turtles: I Know That You'll Be There 2:06
05 The Easybeats: Friday On My Mind 2:36
06 The Remo Four: Peter Gunn 3:09
07 The Swinging Blue Jeans: Don't Make Me Over 2:44
08 The Swinging Blue Jeans: You're No Good 2:10
09 The Fourmost: I'm In Love 2:06
10 Chad & Jeremy: Only Those In Love 2:08
11 Peter & Gordon: A World Without Love 2:36
12 The Zombies: Beechwood Park 2:38
13 The Zombies: How We Were Before 2:02
14 The Shadows: Peace Pipe 2:09
15 The Kinks: Sunny Afternoon 3:28
16 The Left Banke: I've Got Something On My Mind 2:45
17 The Kinks: Too Much On My Mind 2:22
18 The Kinks: The World Keeps Going Round 2:29
19 The Fourmost: I Love You Too 1:59
20 The Kirkbys: I've Never Been So Much In Love 2:07
21 The Kinks: Picture Book 2:33
22 The Association: Standing Still 2:42
23 The Hollies: Everything Is Sunshine 1:51
24 The Byrds: Have You Seen Her Face 2:34
25 Chad & Jeremy: Distant Shores 2:41
26 Chad & Jeremy: Wonderful Land (Instrumental) 2:41
27 Peter & Gordon: I Go To Pieces 2:17
28 The Mamas & The Papas: You Baby 2:09
29 Chad & Jeremy: If You Need Somebody 2:35
30 The Velvet Underground: I Found A Reason 4:13

...Link in comments...

///what will tomorrow bring?///a mixtape///

what will tomorrow bring? - love apple

let it out, let it in - truth

so am i - all that the name implies

vajra mantra - allen ginsberg

sing with the birds - lumumba

have a little mercy - ann sexton

didn't i - darondo

what does it take (to win your love) - alton ellis

baby - donnie & joe emerson

love jam for mother earth - ryan trott

little by little - the rolling stones

the murder mystery - the velvet underground

rabbit hole surf - karma vision

bell pepper hop - the bell peppers

dream world - the sharons

helpless (neil young) - buffy sainte-marie

if i knew - joan baez

here tonight - gene clark

in Christ there is no east or west - john fahey

talkin' like you (two tall mountains) - connie converse

only friends - francoise hardy

waltz - monster rally

(((Don Cherry)))---(((1978)))

Don Cherry is mainly known as one of the pioneers of free jazz from the trail blazing Ornette Coleman Quartet.  Images of him playing some variation of the trumpet (pocket trumpet, cornet, etc...) come to mind.  However, much of his musical career involved him traveling the four corners of the earth and participating in musical forms that sometimes had no resemblence to jazz.  In time he became a seasoned multi-instrumentalist of a wide variety.  He was a true student and explorer.  Initially, this seems to have been a personal journey into his African heritage, but it clearly struck an inspired nerve in him that never went away.  His experimentation with world music can be heard as early as 1968 on Eternal Rhythm, a live recording from the Berlin jazz festival.  Other stellar examples of this progression would include his Mu sessions recorded for BYG Actuel in 69 as well as Actions (co-led by Kryzstof Penderecki) and Blue Lake from 71.  Over the remainder of his career he covered a lot of territory.  As I researched this, 1978 seems to have been an especially rich year for him in this regard.  If you were to listen to the following recordings in their entirety, you might find some things you don't like, or at least I did.  Some tunes border too closely to a new age sound that I'm not entirely comfortable with.  However, there is a great deal to glean here as evidenced (i hope) by the following selections.  Please dig in.  I hope this inspires new pathes of interest and research.  Cheers!

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Recorded At Studio Davout, Paris, France, June 1978.

Original LP release 1982 (Europa Records JP2009).

Sangam - Don Cherry / Latif Khan

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CODONA (ECM 1132)
Recorded September 1978 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

Mumakata - Codona

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Flying Fish - 1978

Sounds from the Bush - Mandingo Griot Society

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Another sideman session also done in 1978, but less suited toward this post can be found here.

Below is a short documentary filmed in Sweden the same year and broadcast on Swedish television. 
It was the thing that originally inspired this post.  Enjoy.

////XHOL//CARAVAN////

I'm going to resist the tempation to make a Gene Simmons joke here. If you're still with me, I'm actually going to preface this entry with some discussion concerning John Coltrane. I've been listening to a bunch of fantastic audio interviews that he graciously gave on various occasions in the early and mid sixties.  This was a very pivotal time for jazz on several levels and the discussions are long, unpolished and very culturally revealing. They portray what I perceive to be a humble, searching man. Anyhow, they deepened my appreciation for his music and personhood and brought me back to what I would consider my desert island song as far as jazz goes. I'm not going to go too deep here, because this is a whole nother post that I most definately intend to write at some point.  All the same, John Coltrane's "Ole" recorded in 1961 is a song worthy of your full attention.  At some point, carve twenty minutes out of your life, seek out seclusion, sit between the speakers, turn up the volume, and drop the needle on this monster of a tune.  Eric Dolphy, Reggie Workman, McCoy Tyner, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones, Art Davis.  It's a game changer. 

It should be stated that Coltrane's composition is based upon another, but I'll hold back on those details as well. As I've researched this song, I have come across a few covers (Pharoah Sanders, Noah Howard, etc...).  Recently I stumbled upon the following rendition by pioneering Krautrockers Xhol Caravan and have been really taken with it.  The others that I've heard have been great, but they've been done too much in the vein of the original and therefore fall terribly short.  Mere shadows.  The original is foreboding and visceral with a climax that peels the paint.  In a very different way, this version grooves.  It is at times funky, psychedelic, and slightly vague while staying true to the spirit of the song.  Though it isn't close to being in the same galaxy as Coltranes, it is easily my favorite cover.  That a couple of freaked out German kids laid this down in 1969 is down right fantastic.  Dig the additional videos and note the blonde haired boy playing the guitar against the organ. 

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Ole (John Coltrane) - Xhol Caravan 

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Part one of the videos that I had hoped to put up (including the above mentioned blonde haired boy) can be found here.  Unfortunately, the person who put them up disabled the embedding capability.

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...Muddy Waters- Folk Singer...

This is an album that I've been listening to pretty consistently for the past month or so. Apparently, in 1964, in order to cater to the folk crowd, Muddy was asked to lay down his electric guitar and play some stripped-down delta blues. The result was this album. What really blows my mind is its recording quality. It's amazing to me how much raw emotion can be conducted through such restrained songs -especially on the first few tracks. Give the first cut on the album a try below. This was put out on Chess Records and featured Willie Dixon on bass, Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar, and Clifton James on Drums.

Muddy Waters: My Home Is In The Delta

...A Mix of BlackForrestry: Spring 2012...

Here's a mix that I've been planning to post for quite some time, but until now, haven't had a chance to. This group of songs reflects a few of the artists that I had in pretty heavy rotation back in the fall. Even though it's spring now, I think that the songs still work. I put this mix together 5 or 6 months ago to share these artists with my wife and children. I hope you enjoy it as much as we have. Mediafire link in the comments.

"A Mix of BlackForrestry: Spring 2012: single track"

01 Generifus- In My Cave
02 Vollmar- Beside the Sea From You and Me
03 Seth Olinsky- It's So Hard
04 Homecomings- By Faith
05 Little Wings- Hey Baby
06 Bronze Float- Walking To The Store
07 Thanksgiving- Track 3
08 Iji- Funny How Love Can Be
09 Bronze Float- This American Negative Pulse
10 Homecomings- Ask
11 Normanoak- Even The Golden Child
12 A John Henry Memorial- So You May See
13 German Error Message- Reaching Out
14 Generifus- Waiting
15 Vollmar- The Soft Hills
16 The Microphones- Heart Lake Rd.
17 Porches.-Peach Pit
18 Wind-Up Bird- Driving Around
19 Normanoak- Princess Unicornus
20 Little Wings- Little Bird
21 The Microphones- Antlers
22 A John Henry Memorial- A Family Album
23 Wind-Up Bird- Parasite
24 Ben and Bruno- Take Hold Upon
25 Porches.- Tall Boys

...Herizon...

So, I'm pretty excited to be able to share this post with you. If you've been checking out this blog for a little while, you might remember a "BlackForrestry featured worker of craft" post that I put up a year ago showcasing the work of my buddy Tim Condon, who makes music under the moniker of Herizon. Well, after making great music for many years, Tim has decided to record an album. So, this May, you can expect the release of Herizon's very first 10". It will be available through Harding Street Assembly Lab (where you can pick up the Herizon/Virgineola split 7", as well as other great records) and it will be sportin' a magical, translucent, orange color...boy oh boy, that sure is gonna make my turntable look purdy!!! So, save your pennies and plan to pick one up in a month and a half. Check out two of the songs from the record- below the cover art...and take a peek at my original post to enjoy some of the excellent collage work that Tim puts together.


1. still believing
2. all alone

3. Home Again (live)
4. Chesapeake Bay
5. crave the sound
6. CAVE DRUMS
7. all gone
8. in my crown
9. tied to me

...Hand In Hand/Neokarma Jooklo Experience...

I came across this song, "No Goal Can Be Too High", by Hand In Hand, a few months ago over at Microphone In The Trees. I snagged it because I noticed that David Nuss from No Neck Blues Band is a contributor to the group. I've enjoyed NNCK's recordings over the years, so I thought that I'd give it a shot. While somewhat similar in style to a NNCK track, this song differentiates itself with a very prominant vocal recitation of a passage from the biblical Book of Isaiah...pretty "out there" sort of stuff. Apparently the song appeared on one side of a, now out of print, 7" 45 hand cut lathe. Only 32 of the records were produced via Medusa Records. It's definitely not something I could listen to daily, but I find it interesting nonetheless. Check it out, even if for oddities sake.


"Hand In Hand: No Goal Can Be Too High"

This song is the B side from a record entitled "Peaceful Messages" by the band Neokarma Jooklo Experience. It was put out on Qbico records. It's a pretty cosmic tune, so I hope you can get your head around it.


"Neokarma Jooklo Experience: Holy Freedom"

...Roy Buchanan...

Happy Leap Year, everyone!!! I guess it's a good day for me, since I came across this new post by my friends over at LYNAY-S blog:

..."Roy Buchanan: Not well known. One of the best guitar players out there. Interpretation of words to notes was his specialty and makes his music speak more clearly than most
orators. This song makes me cry for some reason. [Much] of his music does. He
died mysteriously in a Virginia jail. Two days before my birth. Watch
the whole thing. Serious."...

Until this morning, Roy Buchanan had never made it onto my radar. Don't ask me how, since Rolling Stone magazine rated him as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and people as infamous as John Lennon and Les Paul sought to hear him play. Legend has it, that Mick and the gang offered him the opportunity to play in the Rolling Stones when Brian Jones left the band back in '69. In spite of his extraordinary talent, things just didn't seem to go Roy's way. Buchanan never received the notoriety that a person, as gifted as he was, deserved....maybe it was due to his alcohol and drug abuse that seemed to continually get him in trouble... or maybe it was because many perceived his vocal stylings as inferior. Either way, it truly is a shame.
In 1988, after being jailed for public drunkeness, reports state that Buchanan was found in his cell hung by his own shirt- an apparent suicide. There have, also, been other reports revealing aspects of his deceased state which would indicate that Buch's death was not self inflicted. Some have even gone as far as accusing the police of beating him to death and then staging his suicide. Whatever the case may be, it sure does add an element of mystery to Roy Buchanan's story. I'm intrigued.

Check this out and experience his guitar gently weeping...


...and since leapyears only happen once every four years, I'll throw another one in for free...



...and finally, here's a slow burnin' take on a Neil Young tune...take it on the road with ya and enjoy.

"Roy Buchanan: Down By The River"

//love//jam//for//mother//earth//

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love jam for mother earth - ryan trott

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"here is a song i recorded in my parent's basement

after graduating college - just found this and realized

it's probably the best thing i'll ever do in my life!

vocals are first take and mostly improvised." - ryan trott

...A Mix of BlackForrestry: End of Summer 2011...

I had plans to post this mix much earlier than this, but I just didn't have the steam to do it. I received the motivation I needed by watching the Richard Hugo video that Doug posted (see previous post). A flood of images and feelings swamped my mind as I watched it...images like the ones from the documentary Harlan County USA (a film that Doug turned me on to...if you haven't figured it out, Mr. Cooper is a constant source of inspiring ideas), and the same emotions that fill me when I hear the music of Blaze Foley. Anyway, it's these same sort of thoughts that birthed this mix. A lot of these songs also put me in that same head space...some more than others. Regardless of the effect that they have on me, hopefully they will have an enjoyable one on you.

"A Mix of BlackForrestry:End of Summer 2011:single track"

01 The Band- Crossing The Great Divide 2:01
02 Buffalo Springfield- Kind Woman 4:08
03 Steve Young- That's How Strong My Love Is 3:34
04 Freddie Scott- I Shall Be Released 2:39
05 Bodies Of Water- Open Rhythms 4:15
06 Damien Jurado- Cloudy Shoes 3:58
07 Holy Sons- Reckless Liberation 3:58
08 Arian Calandra- Track 10 4:25
09 Bart Davenport- A Young One 3:06
10 Jim Sullivan- Highways 2:39
11 Delaney And Bonnie- We Can Love 2:18
12 Ron Cornelius- I've Lost My Faith In Everything But You 3:17
13 Tony Joe White- Aspen Colorado 2:39
14 Jonathan Wilson- Gentle Spirit 5:42
15 Bonnie Prince Billy- New Wonder 4:06
16 Blaze Foley- Picture Cards Can't Picture You 4:00
17 The Bees- Sky Holds The Sun 1:00
18 Cotton Jones- I Don't Suppose 3:04
19 Justin Stens and The Get Real Gang- Lonely Lonely Night 4:22
20 Conspiracy Of Owls- A Silver Song 3:59
21 Seth Kauffman- Absolute Sway 3:30
22 Joel Alme- You Will Only Get It Once 1:53

*mediafire link in the comments

...A Mix Of BlackForrestry: Merry Christmas Party 2011...

Hey guys, sorry that it's been so long since my last post...time has been pretty scarce for me when it pertains to the blog. In fact, I was hoping to get this up a little sooner, so you could listen to it for a little longer, but I guess better late than never is true in this case. I hope that you get several chances to play this before the big day and that it helps to cheer your season. Merry Christmas!!!! (put this mix on and throw a party!!!!)(push play under the picture to stream the mix or find the mediafire link in the comments to download the whole thing broken up)

"A Mix of BlackForrestry:Merry Christmas Party 2011:single track"

01 Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas 0:32

02 The Stridells- I Remember Christmas 2:38

03 The Meditation Singers- What The World Wants For Christmas 3:02

04 Count Sidney And His Dukes- Soul Christmas 2:12

05 The Galaxies- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer 2:29

06 Santo And Johnny- Twistin' Bells 2:10

07 Blues Magoos- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 1:19

08 Chuck Berry- Merry Christmas Baby 3:09

09 Booker T & The MGs- We Wish You A Merry Christmas 2:15

10 The Gems- Love For Christmas 2:31

11 The Playboys- Night Before Christmas 2:34

12 The Flirtations- Christmas Time Is Here Again 3:29

13 Ronnie Cole Trio- Winter Wonderland 2:14

14 The Baskerville Hounds- Christmas Is Here 3:44

15 Tommy Wills- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 1:04

16 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles- I'll Be Home For Christmas 2:17

17 The Gaylads- We Three Kings 3:05

18 The Emotion- Black Christmas Instrumental 2:31

19 Paul Revere & The Raiders- Christmas Spirit 1:57

20 The Galaxies- Christmas Eve 4:01

21 The Salem Travelers- Merry Christmas To You 2:55

22 Mother Waddles- Interlude 1:05

23 Duke Ellington- Sugar Rum Cherry 2:45

24 Soulful Strings- Jingle Bells 2:52

25 The Staple Singers- Silent Night 2:08

26 Freddie King- Christmas Tears 2:36

27 The Galaxies- Please Come Home For Christmas 2:59

28 Ray Charles- Christmas Time 4:16

29 Booker T & The MGs- Blue Christmas 3:13

...IndianHead...

"IndianHead: Indian Red"

...Damien Jurado: Saint Bartlett...

This album came out back in May of 2010 and somehow, I missed it. I guess it's a case of better late than never. This album has so many great songs on it, many of which stay in the vein of Jurado and Richard Swift's collaborative collection of cover songs that they put up for free last year, entitled "Other People's Songs Volume 1". In fact, Swift is on board with this album as well, adding backing vocals and instrumentation. This is Damien at his "sunniest", if you could call it that. Check out the live version of "Cloudy Shoes" below. This record would have definitely been my favorite of last year if I hadn't slept on it. I hope that this is a foreshadow of things to come. Enjoy.

...A Mix of BlackForrestry: The Pittsburgher...

It's been a long time since I've posted a music mix on here, so I thought that it was high time I got my act together and put one up. This one is from a while ago, March actually. I made it for a trip that I took to Pittsburgh. So, here it finally is. Press play to give the mix a listen in its entirety, or click on the mediafire link to download it with individual tracks and take it on your own trip to somewhere...enjoy...

"A Mix of BlackForrestry: The Pittsburgher"

01. Parsley Sound
02. Monster Rally
03. The Psychedelic Schafferson Jetplane
04. Charles Bradley
05. Deerhunter
06. Kassim Slamat & The Swallows
07. Shuggie Otis
08. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra
09. Benny Soebardja & Lizard
10. Erkin Koray
11. Summerhill
12. Francois De Roubaix
13. Amanaz
14. Shanti
15. Skip Spence
16. The Animated Egg
17. Margo Guryan
18. The Nirvana Sitar & String Group
19. Truck
20. Kim Jung Mi
21. Twink
22. Shin Jung Hyun & The Men feat. Jang Hyun
23. Whitefield Brothers

http://www.mediafire.com/?4w8obu9czjmco70

...Mix Worthy Songs...

I really enjoy making music mixes, but as of late, I have been too busy to. This may clue you into why I've been posting so much about artists that I've been listening to as opposed to putting up my own artwork . As I listen to albums, I'm constantly coming across songs that make me think, "This would sound great on a mix". Here are a few of those kind of songs.

"Donovan: Get Thy Bearings"
This song is off Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy album. I picked this record up at a library booksale a couple of weeks back, and this song really stood out to me.

"Led Zepplin: Bron y aur Stomp"
I'm impressed with how this song sounds separated from the rest of its album. This track is from Led Zepplin III, of course, but I have a new found appreciation for it thanks to a fashion show video that used this song as part of its music selection. I found the video after checking out some Turquoise Wisdom mixes and then peeping Rodarte, a fashion design group that TW often collaborates with. This song has new life to me.

"Pink Floyd: Fearless"
This song was also in the Rodarte fashion show video. You don't hear Pink Floyd stuff
like this that often. In fact, this is really the only song on their Meddle album that sounds anything like this. Really nice tune.