August 4, 2007 at 3:19 am
Image credit: cover art self titled album (1965)
How forgotten must a songwriter be to be called a forgotten songwriter? When is it right to include them in this series? In my opinion that moment is already there when after all those years they still stand hidden in the shadows of their counterparts. In that sense [...]
May 20, 2007 at 7:22 am
Little is known about the reclusive folksinger Ed Askew. During the late ‘60s he recorded the psychedelic folk masterpiece “Ask the Unicorn” – his only album which has been released commercially until recent reissues – with only his ten stringed tiple accompanying himself. Little happened when it was released in 1968 by ultra-noncommercial ESP-Disk, the [...]
May 17, 2007 at 6:16 am
Creating any ‘best of list‘ is always problematic, not only aesthetic judgement employed but also its effect. Often, a credible enough list can defeat the original point of a list, a bit like reciting unmentionable magic spell. The secret magic is broken the minute it is made public. That is the case with early indie [...]
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