1/13/2024 0 Comments Nightowl hotel carlisleHeadquartered in the rural outskirts of Baltimore Maryland, we are known in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area as one of the top buyers of collections. We upload anywhere from 30-50 new arrivals every single day (some days even more), so make sure to favorite our shop to see these uploads as they happen so you don’t miss anything! Our selection is consistently updated and restocked. Thanks for checking us out! We have over a thousand original, vintage vinyl records in stock, so make sure to check out the rest of our selection and see what else you can cross off your list :) Vinyl is just as clean, plays excellent, just some light typical sleeve rubs, VG+ condition Jacket is beautiful, minimal shelf wear, bright glossy colors, VG+ condition Alain Goraguer - La Planète Sauvage (Bande Sonore. 13th Floor Elevators - Headstone: The Contact Sess.Various Artists - Esoterica Britannica XI: 'The Gh.The Neighb'rhood Childr'n - Long Years In Space 19. Whithueser & Westrupp - Trips Und Traume.Various Artists - Halloween 2021 - Cam's Halloween.Nightjrrs / Heartwood / Goatherder - De-Cadere.Dave & Toni Arthur - Hearken To The Witches Rune.Father Pat Berkery - Prayers For A Noonday Church.Various Artists - Esoterica Britannica XII 'Songs.These artists included Kate Bush, Julian Cope, Brian Eno, Talk Talk, Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada and, once this connection had been established in my mind, other artists seemed to me to fit into this tradition of British ‘visionary music’, such as the Jam (and Paul Weller’s solo work), XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Wire, Robyn Hitchcock, the Cocteau Twins, Damon Albarn, PJ Harvey, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and the spectral artists of the Ghost Box label. What particularly fascinated me, though, was the latter part of the book, which identified other artists, working from the early 80s up to the present, who seemed less obviously connected to the folk tradition but who Young argues are still exploring the same themes – British history, the idea of Arcadia, the power and pull of the landscape, political and religious dissent and repression, paganism and Celtic mysticism, the occult, folklore and the ghosts and legends of the past. Lloyd and British folk-rock and psychedelia of the 60s and 70s. They might concern the existential concerns of a race, notions of identity, everyday challenges or historical changes or events or they may even try to identify or personify some kind of mystical quality or tradition(s).įolk music would, then, seem to be the obvious place to start and I found a great deal of inspiration in Rob Young’s book “Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music”, which is an excellent study of British art and culture, looking at the themes, ideas and obsessions that run through the artistic history of these isles, but specifically folk music - from Cecil Sharp and classical artists such as Vaughan Williams, Warlock and Delius through the left-wing folk of Ewan McColl and A.L. The links between these artists might be stylistic or thematic or even an attitude, a way of looking at things – the connections might not always be obvious but they are nevertheless there. This can be traced back to old folk tunes and cowboy songs and include the artists and songs collected in Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music country music from Jimmy Rodgers, the Carter Family and Hank Williams onwards folk artists like Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly blues, Cajun and Creole Dylan, The Band, the Grateful Dead and onwards to contemporary artists like Daniel Johnston, Ryan Adams and Joanna Newsom and more cosmic variations like the music of Sun Ra, Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev and Animal Collective. After all, the term ‘Americana’ exists and is a vibrant, if perhaps sometimes contentious, category under which certain types of American music are filed, marketed and reviewed. "I have, for a long time, been fascinated with the idea of a common thread that might run through British art, and specifically music, connecting different artists and styles but somehow constituting a national consciousness that flows like an underground stream through the art and culture of this country.
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