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Old Believer

About Me

A lament, to the crackle of the southern gospel 78;
to feet buoyed by hands, traipsing through wooded hollows.

The songs are for Samuel, who, among black and lungless voices
vowed to cast his porcelain head into the bog at First Light.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/03/2007
Band Members: Brendan Birkett: singing, acoustic guitar

Alexander Formosa: electric

Keiko Devaux: ivories

Michelle Tompkins: singing

Evan Pierce: drums and cymbals

Influences: primitive soul sound, archival folk & spirituals, incidental arboreal sound

carter family, michael hurley, kath bloom, roscoe holcomb, sibylle baier, diane cluck, flannery o'connor, rabindranath tagore, waterblues, random acts of blindness

elements, deathrebirth, spectress
Record Label: None
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

BLUEBIRD, FOR SINGING AND DANCING

Dear Friends,As the snow threatens to slowly bury our apartment blocks in a steady, sweeping billow tonight, I suppose it's as good a time as any to throw up a new song to the Great and Reverent World...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:02:00 GMT

WHERE DID LADY GO?

Long story short, she's in hiding among the burdock roots and brambles of the Cold and Wild World, at least for now. Nonetheless - I'm more than glad to say that some new, "full band" recordings do e...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:33:00 GMT