José Medeles - Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems '2022

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       Led by drummer José Medeles (Breeders, 1939 Ensemble, Revival Drum
Shop), Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems is a drummer's tribute to
guitarist and DIY iconoclast John Fahey. Joined for a series of guitar and drum
duets with M. Ward, experimental guitarist Marisa Anderson, and Chris Funk
(Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus), it's a genuinely honorific project, featuring
not Fahey compositions, but rather a series of improvised rendezvous inspired
and informed by his looseness and rhythmic idiosyncrasies. Though Medeles knew
and had interacted with all of his collaborators, the record represents the
first time he's played on a record with Anderson and Funk (though he's
contributed to Ward's indie pop band She & Him). Recording in the comfortable
setting of Bocce Recording in Vancouver, WA, in 2020, these duets are playful
and spiritually deep, presented with snapshot clarity Medeles likens to the
recordings of Alan Lomax or Chris Strachwitz, "who boldly captured field
recording of Southern chain gangs and juke joint raconteurs decades ago. The
result here is similar: pure and honest recordings."

Tracklist:
1.01 - José Medeles - Please Send To J.F. (4:07)
1.02 - José Medeles - Richness Of Peace (4:08)
1.03 - José Medeles - Golden (4:14)
1.04 - José Medeles - The Paper Snake (5:33)
1.05 - José Medeles - Something Else (8:38)
1.06 - José Medeles - Before & After (8:25)
1.07 - José Medeles - Juxaposition (2:06)
1.08 - José Medeles - Mid The Ice & Snow (2:48)
1.09 - José Medeles - Illumination (4:17)
1.10 - José Medeles - Takoma (6:58)
1.11 - José Medeles - Voice Of The Turtle (2:41) 

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