“(Stephen) Stills is asked whether he ever felt uncomfortable revealing so much of himself in his love songs.
‘No,’ replied Stills. ‘I’m a little like Taylor Swift in that regard. Wear your heart on your sleeve, then just write about it. Fuck ‘em.’”
Pretty amazing interview at Uncut Magazine: http://www.uncut.co.uk/stephen-stills-im-a-little-like-taylor-swift-news
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“(Chuck) Prophet shimmies with revolutions – personal, economic, global, social – in unmistakably rock ‘n’ roll ways – this ain’t no folk circle – and it’s often only a good while after his songs finish that the full weight of them hits one. As finger-snapping, flip your collar up cool as his tunes first appear, there is nearly always something else floating in the ground water – a moist, mineral creep that enters the bloodstream smoothly and silently…”
Interview: http://www.dirtyimpound.com/2013/03/impounded-inquiries-chuck-prophet/
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“A couple weeks back (2/27), psych-folk act Megafaun performed with Berlin-based composer Arnold Dreyblatt. It was for them part of an ongoing, years-in-the-making collaboration, here at it’s most realized to date. You can stream their Ecstatic Music fest performance below…”
From: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/03/megaufaun_arnol.html
“Though they’re often compared to other Canadian artists like The Band, Gordon Lightfoot and Neil Young, The Deep Dark Woods have worked hard to create a loose, grungy folk sound that—for all its references to the past—is increasingly their own…”
From: http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/03/catching-up-with-the-deep-dark-woods-ryan-boldt.html
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