Monday, March 18, 2024

Charlie Parr, The Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, MN- 3/6/24

Charlie Parr
The Electric Fetus
Minneapolis, MN
Mar. 6th, 2024


This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS284)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Charlie for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.charlieparr.com/

1. Intro
2. Ten Watt
3. Stray
4. Portland Avenue
5. Boombox
6. Sloth
7. Little Sun
8. Outro

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Electric Fetus is excited to have Charlie Parr return to our stage for an in-store performance on Wednesday, March 6th at 5:00pm. Following his performance, Charlie will sign copies of his forthcoming CD and LP, Little Sun. Little Sun won't be released until March 22nd, but we're able to have it for sale early at this event, thanks to our friends at Smithsonian Folkways. No passes are needed for this event.

More about Little Sun:

Over the last couple of decades, Charlie Parr has crisscrossed the world on tour more times than one can count. He also has released over a dozen albums of his songs, acclaimed for their poetic simplicity. Little Sun, his most ambitious album to date, was recorded with Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, My Morning Jacket) and features Parr augmenting his raw and affecting songs with stunning full-band arrangements. The remarkable backing band here includes Marisa Anderson, Victor Krummenacher, Andrew Borger, and Asher Fulero. Masterfully channeling the philosophical and transcendental qualities of the blues, Parr takes us on a journey through the winding streets of his imagination.

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Tapers notes: This was supposed to be a Matrix recording, but the SBD portion sounded so distant and echoey it wasn't worth including. I think the sound guy plugged me into a mic that was off stage for announcements before and after the show, that's about the only thing I can think of. But, that being said, this is still a good recording, no real flaws to speak of. As always, check the samples and judge for yourself. Also, be sure to check out Charlie's new album that comes out on March 22nd, it's quality as always.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

Thursday, March 14, 2024

IV & The Strange Band, James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW Post 246, Minneapolis, MN- 3/2/24

IV & The Strange Band
James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW Post 246
Minneapolis, MN
Mar. 2nd, 2024


This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS283)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

Pine & Fire


https://pineandfiremusic.com/home

1. Intro
2. Train Cries
3. Workin' Folks Life
4. Recession Blues
5. Hold My Head Up High
6. Give Me Your Word
7. John Henry (Trad.)
8. Only as Holy
9. Left Behind Blues
10. Dance on the Ashes
11. Gas Can

Jobi Adams- Vocals, Guitar
Brandi Foster- Vocals, Mandolin, Banjo

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Pine & Fire is a D.I.Y. folk music duo from the north woods of Minnesota. They blend traditional roots music influences with a modern punk sentiment, creating a unique and driving sound. Together they sing original songs woven with themes of love, escapism, home, and growth.

Possessed By Paul James


https://www.ppjrecords.com/

1. 40 Days & 40 Nights
2. When It Breaks
3. There Will Be Nights When I'm Lonely
4. Come Back in My Mind
5. Nightmare Waltz
6. Feed the Family
7. Ferris Wheel
8. Asleep With Both Eyes Open
9. Heavy
10. Hurricane
11. Sweet But Bitter Life
12. 38 Year Old Cocktail Waitress
13. Older in My Body
14. Dragons
15. 3 AM
16. We Welcome You Home

Konrad Wert is a man of many voices. As a special education teacher, he is articulate and intentional.As an advocate for justice in education, he is passionate. But as an artist and musician, better known by his stage name Possessed By Paul James, his voice is expressive, holding rest and action in tandem. In truth, "Paul James" is a fiction, a combination of the names of Wert's father and grandfather. Those who have seen him perform, however, would agree he seems possessed by something. Wert has still been able to release 5 full length albums, two of which topped Bluegrass Billboard charts in 2013 & 2020. Possessed by Paul James’s upcoming 6th album, titled Fighting For Our Own Survival, set to release "sooner than later".


IV & The Strange Band


https://ivandthestrangeband.com/

1. Intro
2. Diddle
3. Reincarnation (Roger Miller cover)
4. Inbred
5. Hang Dog
6. A.A.
7. Today
8. Drinking Sad
9. Deep Down
10. Son of Sin
11. Neskowin Ranger
12. Monkey Trick (The Jesus Lizard cover)
13. The Bleed
14. I'm Gonna Haunt You
15. Malice
16. If The Creek Don't Rise

Coleman Williams- Vocals, Guitar
Hunter Mellish- Bass
Lee Trent- Pedal Steel Guitar
Ethan Salas- Guitar
Hunter Edwards- Drums

As the great-grandson of Hank Williams Sr., grandson of Hank Williams Jr., and only son of Hank 3, Coleman Williams spent years waging an internal battle with the expectations thrust upon him by his own lineage. He represented the fourth generation of country music's most legendary family — hence his nickname, "IV" — and the pressure to launch his own career was enormous. Although Coleman would eventually make his mark with Southern Circus — the genre-bending debut from his band, IV and The Strange Band, combining southern storytelling and country textures with 100-watt guitar amps and DIY attitude — he needed to break free first and discover his own musical approach along the way. Southern Circus is his homecoming: an album that finds him not falling into a legacy, but earning it.

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Tapers notes: Pretty good sound on this recording, no real flaws to speak of. I had never heard of Pine & Fire before this show, but was really impressed by them. Coleman & the band were great as always, playing a variety of genres throughout the set.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Josie Sanken, Powder Ridge, Kimball, MN- 2/17/24

Josie Sanken
Powder Ridge
Kimball, MN
Feb. 17th, 2024


This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS282)

Lineage: SBD > Tascam DR-60D > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Josie for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link


https://www.facebook.com/JSANKENMUSIC/

Set 1


1. Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover)
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)
3. No One Else on Earth (Wynonna Judd cover)
4. Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver cover)
5. You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift cover)
6. Royals (Lorde cover)
7. Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days) (The Judds cover)
8. Radioactive (Imagine Dragons cover)
9. Tennessee Whiskey (David Allan Coe cover)
10. Ring of Fire (June Carter Cash cover)
11. Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
12. What's Up? (4 Non Blondes cover)
13. Follow Your Arrow (Kacey Musgraves cover)
14. Million Reasons (Lady Gaga cover)
15. What I Like About You (The Romantics cover)
16. Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter cover)
17. Free Fallin' (Tom Petty cover)
18. Vienna (Billy Joel cover)
19. Some Days You Gotta Dance (The Ranch cover)
20. Something in the Orange (Zach Bryan cover)

Set 2


1. Drift Away (Mentor Williams cover)
2. Parachute (Chris Stapleton cover)
3. Setting the World on Fire (Kenny Chesney cover)
4. A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay cover)
5. Iris (The Goo Goo Dolls cover)
6. Harper Valley PTA (Jeannie C. Riley cover)
7. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)
8. Heads Carolina, Tails California (Jo Dee Messina cover)
9. Someone Like You (Adele cover)
10. When the Stars Go Blue (Ryan Adams cover)
11. We Danced Anyway (Deana Carter cover)
12. Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan cover)
13. Desperate (Wo)Man (Eric Church cover)
14. Wagon Wheel (Bob Dylan cover)

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Tapers notes: None

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

Friday, March 1, 2024

Danny Frank & The Smoky Gold, Bent Paddle Brewing Co., Duluth, MN- 2/15/24

Danny Frank & The Smoky Gold
Bent Paddle Brewing Co.
Duluth, MN
Feb. 15th, 2024


This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS281)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics + Soundboard > Tascam DR-60D > SD Card > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Aligned in Audacity > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks to Danny Frank for allowing me record.

More pictures here: Link


https://dannynfrank.wixsite.com/smokygold

Set 1


1. Dead and Gone
2. ?
3. The Old Home Place (The Dillards cover)
4. If It Hadn't Been For Love (The SteelDrivers cover)
5. Whitehouse Road (Tyler Childers cover) > Fire on the Mountain (Grateful Dead cover) > Whitehouse Road (Tyler Childers cover)
6. ?
7. A Price Above Rubies
8. Smoky Gold
9. Ain't Easy
10. Little Maggie (Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys cover)

Set 2


1. One More Try
2. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) (Bob Dylan cover)
3. Walkin'
4. Steam Powered Aereo Plane (John Hartford cover)
5. Rock Salt & Nails (Utah Phillips cover)
6. Butcher's Son
7. Midnite Moonlite (Peter Rowan cover)
8. Savannah
9. What's the Use?
10. Don't Stop Believin' (Journey cover)

Danny Frank- Vocals, Guitar
Erin Aldridge- Fiddle, Vocals
Harrison Olk- Banjo, Vocals
Joe Scarpellino- Bass, Vocals
Angie Frank- Harmony Vocals


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Hailing from the Twin Ports, Danny Frank & the Smoky Gold combines soulful lead vocals with rich harmonies and virtuosic instrumentalism into a genre-blending Americana sound.

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Tapers notes: This was a really fun show, it was a release party for a live album they had recorded the previous year. I had been in attendance at that show, and I saw this one pop up and immediately made plans to go. The highlight of the night for me is track 5 of set 1, just a killer 16 minutes or so. Sound is great on this recording, though the second set for some reason has a bit of echo/delay in quiet parts from the SBD portion, not sure why. It doesn't take away from the recording IMO.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Tiny Tuesday's, American Legion Eagles #34, Minneapolis, MN- 2/13/24

Tiny Tuesday's
American Legion Eagles #34
Minneapolis, MN
Feb. 13th, 2024


This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS280)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics + Soundboard > Tascam DR-60D > SD Card > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Aligned in Audacity > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.


More pictures here: Link

1. Patrick Marschke- ?
2. RRA (Sara Abdelaal)- ?
3. RRA (Sara Abdelaal)- Sufidub
4. RRA (Sara Abdelaal)- 5Star
5. Voulouse & Pat Keen- Divine Light
6. Voulouse & Pat Keen- ?
7. Miles McClain- ?
8. Mark Verdin- ?
9. Outro

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Tiny Tuesdays! Music tolerable to the naked ear. Where the sets are short, and the night ends early. This is a recurring monthly music series, with 5 performers per night doing 12 minutes or less each.

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Tapers notes: I was requested to record this night, and I was more than happy to step in. I was familiar with Pat Keen, but all the other artists were unfamilar to me. A lot of these were improvisational songs/sets, so I wasn't able to title them, but there were a few songs I was able to identify.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

Thursday, February 22, 2024

The Mockingbirds, Clear Lake Middle School, Clear Lake, IA- 2/1/24

The Mockingbirds
Clear Lake Middle School (EB Stillman Auditorium)
Clear Lake, IA
Feb. 1st, 2024


This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS279)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.facebook.com/Mockingbirds.RT

Set 1


1. Intro
2. Rock Around the Clock (Sonny Dae and His Knights cover)
3. That's All Right (Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup cover)
4. Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry cover)
5. Rip It Up (Little Richard cover)
6. Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles cover)
7. Eight Days a Week (The Beatles cover)
8. Walkin' After Midnight (Lynn Howard cover)
9. Good Rocking Tonight (Roy Brown cover)
10. Rock This Town (Stray Cats cover)
11. That'll Be the Day (The Crickets cover)

Set 2


CLHS Jazz Choir

1. Intro
2. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Solomon Linda’s Original Evening Birds cover) > Stand by Me (Ben E. King cover)
3. Chili Con Carne (The Real Group cover)
4. One Fine Day (Carole King cover)
5. How Great Thou Art (Trad.) (w/ Tommy Allsup on guitar)

The Mockingbirds

6. I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart (Patsy Montana cover)
7. Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly cover)
8. Don't Get Me Wrong (Pretenders cover)
9. Memphis, Tennessee (Chuck Berry cover)
10. I Fall to Pieces (Patsy Cline cover)
11. Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley cover)
12. You'll Lose a Good Thing (Barbara Lynn cover)
13. Outro

Tina Mock- Vocals, Bass
Rich Mock- Vocals, Guitar
Elijah Mock- Drums

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Tapers notes: Part of The Winter Dance Party weekend. This was at the middle school, at some point during set 1 there's some noise when the students come in to watch the performance, and a similar noise when they leave during set 2. I included the Clear Lake High School Jazz Choir set here, it's definitely worth a listen in my opinion. They did a cool tribute to Tommy Allsup, there is a live performance of him playing How Great Thou Art on the guitar, and the choir sang over that performance. I wanted to record the performances at The Surf Ballroom on Thursday-Saturday, but just couldn't figure out a good way. I have already started thinking ahead to next year, and I'm hoping to record the whole event.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Skarlett Woods, Carbone's, Minneapolis, MN- 1/20/24

Skarlett Woods
Carbone's
Minneapolis, MN
Jan. 20th, 2024


This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS278)

Lineage: SBD > Tascam DR-60D > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks to both Ry Edwards and Skarlett Woods for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

Ry Edwards


https://www.ryedwardsmusic.com/

1. Intro
2. God Only Knows (The Beach Boys cover)
3. Make Some New Plans
4. To Make You Sing
5. My Heart Plays the Villian (w/ Amy Leerae)
6. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (The Proclaimers cover)

The Minneapolis-based guitar-blazing, soul-singing songwriter, Ry Edwards, sings about work, daydreaming, love, parenting, depression, and hope over rock chords that move like jazz. His songs tell stories through emotive riffs and descriptions so vivid you might even believe they're about you. Raised on the heavily nuanced music of 60s pop, Ry's music steals from the rhythms of Motown, the 7th chords of the Beatles and the Beach Boys, and the tenderness of the gentle and catchy ballads of the Everly Brothers and James Taylor. Yet the strongest influence comes from Ry's musical awakening when he encountered the emotional explosions of 90s Grunge Rock bands: The Smashing Pumpkins, Soul Asylum, Collective Soul, Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Soundgarden, The Offspring, and early Radiohead. The passion portrayed in songs like "Tonight, Tonight", "Self-Esteem", and "Fake Plastic Trees" comes through in Edwards' songs like "Ready to Wash", "Dominoes", and "Sparrow" off of his forthcoming "Sojourn Through the Night" album due out in summer of 2023.

Skarlett Woods


https://www.skarlettwoods.com/

1. Intro
2. Portland, OR
3. Strawman
4. Cry to Me (Solomon Burke cover)
5. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
6. Can't Stop (Thinking About You)
7. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
8. I'm Right Here
9. Me, I, Me, Me
10. Hold On (Tom Waits cover)
11. Minnesota Farm Girl
12. Close to You (Braver These Days)
13. Stand by Me (Ben E. King cover)
14. I Could Be Your Monster
15. The Last Love Song
16. You and I (Santa Cruz, CA)
17. Simple Twist of Fate (Bob Dylan cover)
18. Angel From Montgomery (John Prine cover)
19. Somehow (Letters to the West)
20. You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis cover)

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Often known for her way of entwining mesmerizing vocal passages with a 7-string classical guitar groove far advanced beyond your average singer/songwriter, Skarlett Woods brings folk and West Coast Jazz to the same dinner table.

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Tapers notes: None

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"