| Johnson, Chuck / Crows In The Basilica |
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| Album: | Crows In The Basilica | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Johnson, Chuck | Added: | 05/2013 | |
| Label: | Three Lobed Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-06-03 | Pull Date: | 2013-08-05 |
| Week Ending: | 4 Aug | 21 Jul | 14 Jul | 7 Jul | 30 Jun | 23 Jun | 16 Jun | 9 Jun |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 01, 2013: | maximum entropy On A Slow Passing In Ghost Town | 4. | Jul 05, 2013: | Tunes Wild Geese Descend On Level Sand | |
| 2. | Jul 20, 2013: | The Iron Skillet Ransom Street Blues | 5. | Jun 26, 2013: | minimum entropy Wild Geese Descend On Level Sand | |
| 3. | Jul 12, 2013: | Tunes Wild Geese Descend On Level Sand | 6. | Jun 16, 2013: | air balloon lane On A Slow Passing In Ghost Town |
| Album Review |
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| Lestrygonian Reviewed 2013-05-30 | ||
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Masterful Appalachian styled guitar folk, ancient-hearted and soulful like Fahey, Jack Rose, and Three Lobed labelmate Steve Gunn. Probably neighbors with fellow Philadelphia-based folk prodigy Daniel Bachman. RIYL dreadnought steel string acoustic guitars, white lightnin’, chewin’ t’baccah. 1. (3:51) Steady bouncing’ banjo-like Appalachian theme, gorgeous red foliage all along the Shenandoah Valley 2. (4:58)* Sweet ambling tune, plaintive, with just a touch of country blues, old M. John Hurt could have sung over this 3. (6:11) Mystical, haunting slow ballad, wandering through chord arpeggios, space slowly picks up while staying melancholy. A troubled lonely walk through the woods in autumn. 4. (3:17) A version of 19th century parlor guitar standard “Vestapol,” a sweet rollicking tune that brings comfort to the ears of weary travelers. 5. (4:15) Dark baroque piece, slow and pensive, lots of complex chord changes. 6. (8:08)** Slow, brooding, mysterious, theme song to a wander through a ghost town as the title implies. 7. (5:24)* sweet, hopeful, tragic bluegrass—reminds you that your life is nowhere near as hard as a coal miner’s. 8. (3:33)*** beautiful blooming lullaby, almost dulcimer-like, just as ekphrastic and vivid as the title intends | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Across White Oak Mountain | 5. | Crows In The Basilica | |||
| 2. | Ransom Street Blues | 6. | On A Slow Passing In Ghost Town | |||
| 3. | Albion Square | 7. | Mine Creek | |||
| 4. | Vestapol | 8. | Wild Geese Descend On Level Sand |