Recent content on Elsewhere by Graham Reid tagged as chris eckman.
Leonard Cohen: Because of (2004)
The equation seems simple: Leonard Cohen the self-described "ladies man" + women + bed =
But of course nothing is ever quite that straightforward with a Jewish Zen Buddhist poet-cum-singer and unlikely sex symbol even his mid 70s.
Here with amusing self-effacement he confronts aging, his reputation, plays with images of...
> fromthevaults/3251/leonard-cohen-because-of-2004/
Various Artists: Got No Chains; The Songs of the Walkabouts (Glitterhouse/Yellow Eye)
The Walkabouts have -- for 25 years -- been the vehicle for songwriter Chris Eckman (see here) and Carla Torgerson who have been mainstays in a band with a revloving door membership.
Some might push the Walkabouts into the broader indie-rock or alt.country category, but as this tribute illustrates, their songs are so malleable that...
> music/3248/various-artists-got-no-chains-the-songs-of-the-walkabouts-glitterhouse-yellow-eye/
Dirt Music: BKO (Glitterhouse/Yellow Eye)
In a way this album was inevitable -- although has come from an unexpected source. The whole "Sahara Blues" style of Etran Finatawa, Tinariwen and more recently Tamikrest has always lent itself to being brought to wider attention by collaborations with European musicians.
The co-joining of Anglo-alt.folkers Tuung with...
> world-music/3103/dirt-music-bko-glitterhouse-yellow-eye/
Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (Sony CD/DVD)
“We have a fire on stage. If there’s any firemen in the area . . . “ This isn’t an announcement you hear too often at rock festivals -- but nothing was beyond possibility at the volatile Isle of Wight event in 70 when non-ticketholders stormed the site, the enraged promoter abused them for being ungrateful pigs and...
> music/2671/leonard-cohen-live-at-the-isle-of-wight-1970-sony-cd-dvd/
Chris Eckman: The Last Side of the Mountain (Glitterhouse/Yellow Eye)
Eckman has been one of the cornerstones of the long-running and very credible alt.country outfit the Walkabouts, has released solo albums, and been a member of the ever-evolving Willard Grant Conspiracy. All of which should recommend him if you follow this particular path of string-augmented, soul-baring songwriting.
But the material for...
> music/2509/chris-eckman-the-last-side-of-the-mountain-glitterhouse-yellow-eye/
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