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| Pitchfork |
 Cory Rayborn is a lawyer in High Point, N.C., who, for the last decade, has run Three Lobed Recordings, a tiny, taste-driven label that specializes in the most electric, radiant drones and acoustic, ruminative rambles. Three Lobed's distinguished roster of alumni includes Tom Carter, Wooden Wand, Heavy Winged, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Six Organs of Admittance, Bardo Pond, and a horde of like minds-- basically, a fantasy camp for the wilder, woollier facets of what's been, for better and worse, dubbed New Weird America.Since 2008, Three Lobed also released two LPs by Jack Rose, the acoustic guitarist generally accepted as his form's giant. In the 1990s with the band Pelt, Rose made the sort of eternal atmospheres that suggested La Monte Young relocating to the foot of Appalachia. At the turn of the decade, Rose turned his fingers to a series of progressively ambitious solo guitar albums. The early work owed obvious debts to John Fahey, but Rose's parallel explorations of Middle Eastern music and the blues, bluegrass, and string band music pushed him to new shapes and sounds. When he died on December 5, 2009, he was on a serious hot streak. A full-length collaboration with Virginia string band the Black Twig Pickers and its then-forthcoming follow-up-- his ecstatic Thrill Jockey Records debut, Luck in the Valley, recorded with many of the same musicians-- stand as two of his career's best. With a technique and tone that seemed slowly carved from the trunk of an age-old oak, Rose was the well-listened, workmanlike advocate for the future of American primitive music. Down with indie kids, skilled enough to stun anyone, Rose seemed poised at last to have an impact beyond his own sphere of influence....full text |
| Strangeglue |
| When Jack Rose died suddenly of a heart attack last December there was an outpouring of emotion for a quiet unassuming star. It didn't just affect his hometown of Philadelphia, the grief stretched worldwide for someone who passed away far too early. Now, a group of his friends have teamed up to release a massive tribute album in his memory. Coming in at a massive six-and-a-half hours, the compilation includes contributions from Six Organs of Admittance, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Bardo Pond, the No Neck Blues Band, Pelt, MV & EE and Elisa Ambrogio of Magik Markers fame. Honest Strings: A Tribute to the Life and Work of Jack Rose is for sale right now from FINA, Thrill Jockey's digital store. It's yours for the ridiculously cheap price of $15, with all proceeds going to Rose's estate. Rose’s last album was the posthumously released Luck in the Valley, which Thrill Jockey put out on February 23 of this year....full text |
| Myspace |
| Honest Strings: A Tribute To The Life And Work Of Jack Rose Category: Music Hi folks, I'm honored to have contributed a track to the Honest Strings compilation celebrating the life and work of guitarist Jack Rose lovingly curated by Cory Rayborn of Three Lobed records. The comp spans a remarkable array or contributors (Pelt, Loren Connors, Ben Chansny/Six Organs, etc) and clocks in at a lofty six and half hours of original music - yes, i said 6 + hrs! You can download it starting Friday March 19th via the FINA music site. ALL proceeds go directly to the Jack Rose estate. As always, thanks for reading and listening......full text |
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