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Birch Book

The trip goes on and on endlessly…

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New Birch Book Album "Fortune & Folly" in stores now, from Helmet Room Recordings .
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Birch Book [vol II] 'Fortune & Folly' Sundry Rues and Wonders of a Wayward Wanderer

More information and pictures of special editions here.
Assuming the allegorical emblems of The Wheel of Fortune and The Traveling Fool, Fortune & Folly distills the introspections of a perennial rambler reckoning 'the Bitter and the Bliss' of The Road Less Traveled; Brooding layers of sound and sense yield a spectral ethereality thick with the visionary allusions of a haunted wanderer bent upon a mythic path…
A Psychedelic Folk Pilgrim re-collects a dozen years against the grain; ...hinging on the fringes of darkness and day, hand-bound in the Outsider's dreamscape of Birch Book.


B'ee spent the mid 90's recording for the dark-starred World Serpent imprint with the soporific and supernatural In Gowan Ring.
‘Birch Book’ marks an evolution in sound away from the overtly psychedelic towards a simpler, highly effective, direct song based approach, reflecting the distillations of a perennial rambler, reckoning a road less traveled.
This album is not what many expect, it is not overly experimental or droning but it simultaneously brings the older mystical folk into the current and points a new individualistic way forward for the artist.

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Member Since: 11/22/2005
Band Website: birchbook.com
Band Members: B'ee - guitar, harmonica, vox & tunes;
Seth Eames - telecaster;
Annabel Lee - viola;
Moss & Victoria - Chorus
Influences: Early Music, Old Folky stuff, traditional from many parts; Colin Wilson, existentialists, romantics, Dylan Thomas, Kathleen Raine, Hafiz, J. C. Powys; Wilhelm Reich, 3HO K.Y., Music of: Donovan, Buffy St-Marie, Pentangle, Bert Janch etc., Jackson C. Frank, Opal, Scott Walker, Strawbs, Tir Na Nog, Trader Horne, V U, The Watersons, 17 Pygmies, C.O.B., I.S.B., L.P.D., P.B.S., P.T.V., Wizz Jones, M. Bolan, Bridgit St John, Kriss Kristofferson, Leonard Cohen, Rod McKuen, B. Fontaine, The Trees, Forest, Tim Buckley, Magic Carpet, Roy Harper, other...
Sounds Like: "a master-work of contemplative genius by an artist at the peak of his songwriting powers." - Barl Fire [full review here]

"Fortune & Folly" is an album that must be experienced. Atmospheric and almost downright spooky, its melancholy is rich, while the harmonies are thick and juicy. Addictive." - J-Sin for Smothernet [full review here]

"Birch Book writes music that is almost painfully pleasurable to listen to. This is still true folk music in the striking power of its simplicity. The relationship of artist and guitar is noticeably intimate and the vocals drift gently, sometimes barely - deliberately - out of the shadows. The listener's mind is caressed and the soul is stirred." - UpchuckUndergrind, fishcomcollective [full review here]
"Birch Book begins and ends with an instrumental piece that seems to reference moments in a Satyajit Ray film: heavy rainfall on a lily pond, the burning of a mustard field, children playing in the dirt..." NE Performer Review Here


"This album is not what many expect, it is not overly experimental, not droning or psychedelic but it simultaneously brings the older mystical folk of Donovan into the current and points a new individualistic way forward for the artist..." Unbroken Circle Review Here /p
Record Label: helmet room recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SHOWS 2007

We're getting out on the road once again! Planning Summer / Autumn shows 2007. US: Late July & August EU: September & October Booking Enquiries mail to:  [email protected] write t...
Posted by Birch Book on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:35:00 PST

Birch Book Playing in PDX for Halleluwah

Hi Folks, Late notice, but Birch Book / in Gowan Ring will be playing tomorrow at the halleluwah festival at 5:00 pm to be held at Disjecta in Porland.  Its a big fest that starts today with lot...
Posted by Birch Book on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:49:00 PST

'Webs Among the Din' CDR limited availability

LIMITED AVAILABILITY: Webs Among the Din, a collection of live performances on cdr featuring some of the songs from Birch Book (also Traditional & In Gowan Ring) as performed live at vari...
Posted by Birch Book on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:27:00 PST

'Birch Book' S/T available Nov 22nd!

This day, November 22nd,  is the official release date of the Birch Book self titled album!  According to our calculations it should be available and in stock in any of the very few dignif...
Posted by Birch Book on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:24:00 PST