Seasonal Hire Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers SKU: THRILL386LP Barcode: 0790377038613 16.00 £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Thrill Jockey Released Date: 23rd February 2015 Buying Format: 1LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers are key figures in the current resurgence of American traditional and folk music. Gunn’s songwriting and inventive guitar playing are driven by his restless mind, having released 9 solo and collaborative albums and appearing as a guest on nearly as many since his debut in 2007. The Black Twig Pickers play a fervent form of traditional music from their Appalachian homeland. The group perform often forgotten traditional songs, especially from their Virginia stomping-ground, creating a living history of old time music. They also have an ongoing residency at the legendary Floyd Country Store. ‘Seasonal Hire’ is a collaborative album between Steve Gunn and The Black Twig Pickers that combines Gunn’s circular, meditative guitar playing with the Twigs’ energetic mastery of old time instrumentation. ‘Seasonal Hire’ collects four original tunes and one traditional piece, with Gunn and The Black Twig Pickers’ Mike Gangloff and Sally Anne Morgan all taking turns with lead vocal and songwriting. Like all of the Twigs’ albums it was recorded live, without overdubs or amplification. Gunn fell right in with this aesthetic and threw down guitar parts like he’d been sparring with banjos and fiddles for years. The majority of the album was recorded at Joseph Dejarnette’s Studio 808a in rural Topeco, Virgina, where Gunn and Gangloff recorded ‘Melodies For A Savage Fix’, an improvisational masterpiece of pan-cultural meditations. Echoes of ‘Melodies…’ can be heard on ‘Seasonal Hire’’s titular b-side, an extended, beautiful ramble equally indebted to old time music and Indian ragas. Additional recording was done closer to Gunn’s native New York at the famed Black Dirt Studios, home for many groundbreaking records by artists such as Charlie Parr, Jack Rose, Bill Orcutt, Expo 70 and Tom Carter. LP version pressed on virgin vinyl and packaged with an artworked innersleeve and download coupon. Initial copies pressed on limited translucent yellow vinyl, remaining copies on black. Praise for The Black Twig Pickers: “The spirit of true traditional American music” – No Depression; “Exciting old-time music at its finest” – Bluegrass Unlimited Praise for Steve Gunn: “He blends the traditional and the avant-garde, fusing the sounds of John Fahey, The Grateful Dead and Will Oldham into backporch masterpieces” – NPR Artist Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers Genre Folk Label Thrill Jockey Buying Options 1LP Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Dive For The Pearl Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down Cardinal 51 Trailways Ramble Seasonal Hire Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Folk View Product Quick View Case Hardin Colours Simple Americana / Country | Clubhouse Records | 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 9th June 2018 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Case Hardin Colours Simple £15.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Clubhouse Records SKU: CRUK0031LP Formats: 1LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 9th June 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Peter Paul and Mary If I Had A hammer – The Legend Begins Folk | Vinyl Passion | 1LP Released 8th February 2013 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Peter Paul and Mary If I Had A hammer – The Legend Begins £14.00 Genre: Folk Label: Vinyl Passion SKU: VP80023 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th February 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View King Creosote Kenny and Beths Musakal Boat Rides Folk | Domino | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 7th December 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders King Creosote Kenny and Beths Musakal Boat Rides £22.00 Genre: Folk Label: Domino SKU: WIGLP128 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 7th December 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Matt's picks View Product Quick View Tiny Leaves Alone, not alone Classical | Tiny Leaves | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th August 2021 £18.00 Select options Tiny Leaves Alone, not alone £18.00 Genre: Classical Label: Tiny Leaves Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th August 2021 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Way Through Clapper Is Still Folk | Upset The Rhythm | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th October 2013 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Way Through Clapper Is Still £14.00 Genre: Folk Label: Upset The Rhythm SKU: UTR60LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 28th October 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Greg Brown Freak Flag Americana / Country | Yep Roc | 1LP Released 20th May 2011 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Greg Brown Freak Flag £14.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Yep Roc SKU: YEP2244LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th May 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul's picks View Product Quick View Native Harrow Happier Now Folk | Loose Music | 1LP Released 2nd August 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Native Harrow Happier Now £16.00 Genre: Folk Label: Loose Music SKU: VJLP250 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd August 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gregory Alan Isakov Appaloosa Bones Folk | Dualtone | 1LP Released 18th August 2023 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gregory Alan Isakov Appaloosa Bones £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Dualtone SKU: DUA25541 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th August 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Alela Diane Cusp Folk | Allpoints | 1LP Released 9th February 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Alela Diane Cusp £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Allpoints SKU: M6690 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th February 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View I'm Kingfisher Glue Folk | Fading Trails Recordings | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 3rd March 2023 £23.00 Select options I'm Kingfisher Glue £23.00 Genre: Folk Label: Fading Trails Recordings Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 3rd March 2023 Read More Select options See more in Folk Start again
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