Uncle Ghost is one man, that one man is Ian Christopher Sutherland. Created in 2000 and known originally as "Ghosts" Ian began by making soundscapes and ambient pieces, recorded onto an old 4-track tape recorder. Eventually, like people do, he became bored of this and started writing the most straight-forward of straight-forward americana folk songs. He grew bored even quicker of this, considering that everybody and their dog was (and still is) attempting to revive folk music, despite never being homeless, or even that down on their luck. So, after much deliberation and crazed anxiety, coupled with fear, love and a hint of booze, he wrote a song called Snake. This was sort of the beginning of Uncle Ghost. Taking everything he had learned of noise and harmony, and pushing them against each other he ended up creating some very original music. Since this event he has played with the likes of Timbre, Members of meWithoutYou, Victorian Halls, De Triomphe, Fingers and Toes, Valentive Xavier, Count Brent and The Maestros (whom he is a vetertan percussionist with) Sen Di Na and countless others. Recently signed to super-indy label Inderma Music Group, Ian, or Uncle Ghost, has begun working on a new album and constructing a band, which will work under the name "Ghost Family" Keep your eyes and ears open for this exciting new sound!
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