Led by drummer Jose Medeles (Breeders, 1939 Ensemble, Revival Drum Shop), Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems is a drummers tribute to guitarist and DIY iconoclast John Fahey. Joined for a series of guitar and drum duets with M. Ward, experimental guitarist Marisa Anderson, and Chris Funk (Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus), its a genuinely honorific project, featuring not Fahey compositions, but rather a series of improvised rendezvous inspired and informed by his looseness and rhythmic idiosyncrasies. Recording in the comfortable setting of Bocce Recording in Vancouver, WA, in 2020, these duets are playful and spiritually deep, presented with snapshot clarity Medeles likens to the recordings of Alan Lomax or Chris Strachwitz, who boldly captured field recording of Southern chain gangs and juke joint raconteurs decades ago. The result here is similar: pure and honest recordings. PLEASE SEND TO J.F. with Marisa Anderson RICHNESS OF PEACE with M. Ward GOLDEN with Chris Funk THE PAPER SNAKE with Marisa Anderson SOMETHING ELSE with M. Ward BEFORE & AFTER with Marisa Anderson JUXTAPOSITION with Chris Funk MID THE ICE & SNOW with Marisa Anderson ILLUMINATION with Chris Funk TAKOMA with Marisa Anderson VOICE OF THE TURTLE with Chris Funk

• Released: 5/20/22
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Internal ID: JITRE
• Format Detail: CD CD contains 2 additional tracks not on the vinyl - THE PAPER SNAKE & VOICE OF THE TURTLE
• Genre: Jazz
• Format: CD