June 2009
2 posts
TRAPPER SCHOEPP BAND - A Change In The Weather
There’s an innocence in the folk-tinged tunes of the Trapper Schoepp Band, one that belies their young age (I believe they’re all still in high school). It’s a beguiling qualtiy, if only because it has a magnetically positive idealism behind it that seems to be severely lacking in contemoprary music. The band explores the paths tread by Dylan and his many followers over the...
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Phantom Guitars
Travel wtih Psychic Circle and The Bevis Frond to the UK, back to the early days of the sixties and big, twanging gutiars. This compilation brings together a terrific set of obscure British intsrumental groups, all of who hoped to ride the coattails of Duane Eddy, Dick Dale, The Ventures, and The Shadows. The disc is a great mix of classic twang guitar styles, featuring straigthforward...