Canajoharie Church Retreat: Volume 1

In 2010, Eric Stroud, shark enthusiast, bought a church in the small town of Canajoharie, NY in order to take advantage of the immaculate organ that it houses. In the summer of 2011, he opened its doors for a weekend to let 13 bands stay, play and record.
Bands, Brick Mower, Etiquette, Gypsy Wig, Hides a Well,  Keith Kenny, Les Trois Chaud, Melissa and Paul, Patrick Llewellyn, Please Exist, The Painters, Young American Artists.
The story of that weekend and the people involved is now completed and posted for veiwing.
Download free full Bandcamp sets here:
Bedside Mannor Collective

The Stan Laurels - Billi & Theodore: Music from the Motion Picture

The Stan Laurels are the indie psych-pop/rock musical creation of Sound Scientist John Lathrop, one mere human based in Austin, TX who has created an indie psych-pop/rock "band" that that seamlessly blends the super-melodic pop/rock sensibilities of the mid/late 60s with the fantastical (and sometimes absurd) themes and non-standard song structures of early 70s progressive rock, then adds a sizable helping of psychedelia, and throws in a twist of classical for good measure. All of this comes together to create lush, rich, multi-layered pop stereophonic sounds.

Per John's Facebook page: "The debut album, "Death of the Sun," streaming & downloaded FO' FREE"
But hey, tip your server generously.........

Brimming with overflowing instruments, and intertwined with influence's of Beatlesque and ELO orchestration, and with an abundance of piano you can picture The Stan Laurels as the lounge act at Timothy Leary's Harvard Psychedelic Club.



New Release Coming:
"Billi & Theodore: Music from the Motion Picture," the long-awaited second album from The Stan Laurels, a.k.a. John Lathrop, will be released online worldwide on February 5, 2013!

This long-playing record will contain the entire film score as well as 10 original songs featured in Ronald Short's full-length independent film "Billi & Theodore." The album releases the same week as the Austin premiere of the film, which will take place on February 9, 2013.

Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra - Money Isn't Everything

Formed in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2010, Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra are steaming up the UK's bustling Americana scene like a Mississippi River Boat with it's boiler in full fire and the mighty muddy river current at it's aft. Their debut album, ‘Money Isn't Everything’ an eclectic mix of Western Swing, Gypsy Jazz, Hokum Blues, Ragtime, Cajun, and Country, all with similar themes of debauchery, disasters, drink and debt caused a sensation when it was released in 2012, winning a host of rave reviews – many of them 5-star. Buy


They have shared stages with bands such as, Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three, The Water Tower Bucket Boys, The Sweetback Sisters, Martin Harley Band, Old Sledge (Feat. Chance McCoy of Old Crow Medicine Show), The Black Twig Pickers, and more.

Debut EP

Jonathan Warren and The Billy Goats

Lugging the sound of Appalachian around like a travel worn tattered old suitcase plastered with travel stickers, containing the basic necessities a traveler needs to keep thier roots close, and ample space for things collected through weary wanderings, Jonathan Warren and The Billy Goats build on those roots of mountian music with a cross section of influences for a sound they rightly call “progressive psychobilly folk grass” with a bit of Gypsy and Vaudevillian stylings, you know my dear readers this gets right in my Boxcar for the long haul.
Now Boise, Idaho-based Jonathan Warren and The Billy Goats released A Little Something Stronger Than Wine (Amazon MP3 & Spotify) in 2011, their second album give a listen to the Reverbnation widget below the videos, and get it! They recently released two videos that feature two songs off of their forthcoming album, look to the vast western skies for it's arrival this Spring!
UPDATE: JW and the Billy Goats are Couch Bound, look for them at Couch By Couchwest!

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Up Like the Clouds, Debut Album from Dubl Handi

Not since the vibrant Greenwich Village folk scene of the late 50's early ’60′s, has so much good folk music come from the city that never sleeps, these days Brooklyn is taking the lead in a Folk revival with a slew of folksters assembling around the legendary Jalopy Theatre. High atop and in the thick of it are Dubl Handi, Named after the Washboard company from the 1800's. Dubl Handi is banjo player/vocalist Hilary Hawke and multi-instrumental percussionist Brian Geltner that bring old-time Appalachian music to the eager ears of Urbanites. Adding thier distinct arrangements, Hilary's beautiful lamenting vocals, and Brian's frolicsome percussion to the likes of  Roscoe Holcomb, Rufus Crisp, and Gid Tanner standards, they are reintroducing the roots of folk to new generations while devoloping new standards with their own original material. Thier debut album 'Up Like the Clouds' is truly a delight for those with thier hearts in Appalachia and an ear intent on what's Blowin' in the Wind.


Debut Album 'Up Like the Clouds' available on Bandcamp

Dubl Handi - Red Rocking Chair from brian geltner on Vimeo.

Brothers, The Dead Exs & Daddy Long Legs coming to Mercury Lounge

Bill Graham is rolling over in his grave wishing he'd put this show on. NYC's premiere Rock and Roll bad asses, Brothers, The Dead Exs and Daddy Long Legs on the same bill, guaranteed to be a night of Rockin' Roll debauchery, guitar shredding carnage, and howling harmonica. 

Monday February 11th at Mercury Lounge, NYC Tickets