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Glenn Jones In-Store Performance
When: Wed., Oct. 26, 6:30 p.m.
Price: Free
Location: Decatur CD
— Glenn Jones | Decatur CD | Country/Folk | Creative Loafing Atlanta
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Time renders the notion of John Fahey as an ‘authentic’ guitarist, thankfully irrelevant. Simply, we are left with more evidence of a true American original, who was also as important in his own way as Harry Smith or Alan Lomax and other such curatorial spirits.
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Plays: 2,172
From the box set: “Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You (The Fonotone Years 1958-1965)”
More information at dust-digital.com/fahey
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There’s a restless quality to Glenn Jones’ music that starts with the guitarist himself. Jones doesn’t just write songs; he makes up a new way of tuning the guitar for each one.
— A Singular Guitarist Emerges From John Fahey’s Shadow : NPR
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Opika Pende: Africa At 78RPM
Dust To Digital
Opika pende is “a saying in the Lingala language meaning to be strong, stand firm, and resist”, according to Dust To Digital. This collection of African 78s from the 1920s to 1960s is compiled by Jonathan Ward, who runs the Excavated Shellac blog.
4CDs and 112 page book in cloth bound box. Art direction and design by Debbie Berne Design.
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Jonathan Ward is the collector, researcher, and writer behind Excavated Shellac, an incredible online resource for folkloric and vernacular music from around the world. Listen to his radio show guest appearance on WFMU last Thursday. (via Playlist for Talk’s Cheap with Jason Sigal - September 15, 2011)
