Forge the Valley, by Andy McLeod

Forge the Valley

by Andy McLeod

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Breaux Silcio American Primitive for guitar and banjo with some drone undertones. I prefer the banjo tunes to the Fahey worship on guitar. The Carter Family cover is nice though. Favorite track: Oh Brother.

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1.	The Hop 03:44
2.	Wildwood Flower 03:11
3.	Delaware County 03:26
4.	Luminous 03:21	buy track
5.	Down Darby Creek 05:00
6.	Oh Brother 03:27
7.	Morning Raga 05:41
8.	Oxford 03:13
9.	Song for Basho 04:19	buy track
10.	I'm Lost 01:31

about

Banjo Drones and American Primitivism inspired by the rolling hills and valleys of Chester County, PA and all the visionary guitar players.

Andy McLeod is a seasonal farm hand, musician and visual artist from Chester County in the Philadelphia Area, PA. Inspired by the work of Jack Rose and Pelt, Fahey and Delta Blues, he taught himself how to play finger style guitar in open tuning and experimented with mixing it with drones and psychedelic elements and in the process he got into clawhammer banjo so that this became a big part in his current work as well.

Download: andymcleod.bandcamp.com/album/forge-the-valley

credits

released June 30, 2015

All Songs written by Andy McLeod, except Wildwood Flower, which was written/recorded by The Carter Family
Recorded in Takoma Park, MD and Drexel Hill, PA, 2015

Production and Design by Marcus Obst

Lindsay Stiem: Vocals on Wildwood Flower
Christina Klaproth: Autoharp and harmonies on Wildwood Flower
Jeff McLeod: Washboard and harmonies on Wildwood Flower
Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen: Spoken words on Luminous
Will St. John: Banjo on Song for Basho

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discography

Neo Age

Aug 2016
Nothing to Leave Behind

Aug 2016
Sings and Plays

Aug 2016
Live at Charles River Variety

Aug 2016
The Lovely Ohio

Feb 2016
Two Man Cult

Feb 2016
Careless Love

Jun 2015
Forge the Valley

Jun 2015
Unblinking Sun

Sep 2014
I Have Heard of a Land

Sep 2014
Design Engine

Oct 2013
III

Jun 2013
Sabah el Mitragyna Reveries

Jun 2013
The Bootleg – Live at Galerie Rademann, Schwarzenberg/GER, 16-May-2015

May 2015
The Bootleg – Live at Galerie Rademann, Schwarzenberg/GER, 16-Oct-2014

Oct 2014
The Bootleg – Live at Galerie Rademann, Schwarzenberg/GER, 16-Oct-2014

Oct 2014
The Bootleg - Live at Galerie Rademann

Sep 2014
The Bootleg – Live at Galerie Rademann, Schwarzenberg / GER, 15-Oct-2013

Oct 2013
The Bootleg – Live at Galerie Rademann, Schwarzenberg / GER, 15-Oct-2013

Oct 2013
I Stood Among Trees

Oct 2013
Dying For Bad Music I

Jun 2013
The Bootleg – Live at Galerie Rademann, Schwarzenberg, 28.10.2012

Dec 2012
The Bootleg (Live, Galerie Rademann, Schwarzenberg, GER – Sept. 27, 2012)

Sep 2012
Perigee Moon / Bloodroot EP

Dec 2011
Is It Possible To Be At War With You?

Jan 2010

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