Folk Documentary Still Needs Help Raising Funds

12/21/2011 By


The holidays are here and the people behind the FOLK documentary have added several new incentives to their Kickstarter campaign, with gift-giving in mind. And because they truly believe in this film, they will honor any gift pledge you make, regardless of whether they reach our funding goal!

• Digitized versions of the film (when it’s done)
• An original piece of art by David Bowie from a personal collection, signed and numbered by him of the Heroes album cover from an edition David gave out for Christmas in the ’70s.
• A hat knitted by Raina Rose
• An amazing photo by fine art photographer Julie Blackmon
• A limited edition of photos from the Lloyd the Cat series
• Some great photos by cinematographer Henry Jacobson, taken on the road with Elliott, Rose and DaCosta last August.

MORE THAN HALFWAY TO REACHING THEIR GOAL – SPREAD THE WORD!

• Forward their Kickstarter campaign or post it to your Facebook/Twitter page.
• Like us on Facebook
• Mention & link FOLK on your band, company or personal web site! Any site mentions will receive a reciprocal mention on their web site – www.folkdocumentary.com

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5 Questions with Richard James & The Special Riders

06/01/2011 By

Check out our chat with Richard James & The Special Riders featuring intriguing questions from Brass Bed, The Gunslingers, and The Memphis Dawls.

Richard James and Anne Schorr began playing together in 1995 in New York in their band, Broken Chains. They moved to Nashville in 1997, where they released their first single, “Girl Song/Organic Tangerine”, on Misprint Records. Richard later released a 7-inch single, “Jeff Gunn,” on Wrecked ‘Em Wreckords, recorded for the first time as Richard James and The Special Riders, followed by the full-length CD, “Raw Roc Rol,” while Anne worked on her solo project, The Firecats.

Anne joined forces with the Special Riders in 2007 for the next CD, “Music For People Who Been Wrong(ed),” which was produced by Nashville’s Roger Alan Nichols (Paramore) and features guest contributions on guitar by Reeves Gabriels (Tin Machine, David Bowie) and on harmonica by Mark Holder (Black Diamond Heavies).

Their 2009 release, “Haints In My Past,” was recorded in Memphis at High/Low Recording, the Makeshift studio used in MTV’s $5 Cover. For this project, Richard enlists Memphis musicians Tim Regan on keyboards (Snowglobe, Antenna Shoes, Oh No Oh My) and brothers Toby and Jake Vest (Bulletproof Vest), as well as drummer Marcus Battle (Chasing Squirrels, Ten Acre Gunroom).

Richard’s next record, “The Hi, The Lo, The Nightlife,” will be out early 2011.

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Locals Only: Graham Burks Listens to Youniverse

04/08/2011 By

Upon first hearing Youniverse, it was clear to me that this is one of the best bands in Memphis.  (True, I recently declared the same thing about Good Luck Dark Star on this very blog, in my top 10 of 2010, but who’s keeping score?)  If you live here, you know that this city is full of untapped musical potential, but typically Memphis bands are happy to occupy their own unique corners of this musically unconventional town.  This is a tradition that began with Alex Chilton‘s post-Big Star snubbing of the music industry and continues to affect/infect our indie scene to this day (for better/worse.)

I first ran across Youniverse several times towards the end of 2010, culminating in an amazing New Year’s Eve show at the P&H in which the band played in the middle of the crowd, with no separation of band, stage, or audience.  The band grabbed my attention because they seemed to offer something different.  This is a Memphis band that embraces our irreverence for national tastes, but through sheer musical quality, transcends the limitations imposed by our quirkiness.

songs by YOUNIVERSE

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