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Led by drummer Jose Medeles (Breeders, 1939 Ensemble, Revival Drum Shop), Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems is a drummer's 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), it's a genuinely honorifc 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 feld recording of Southern chain gangs and juke joint raconteurs decades ago. The result here is similar: pure and honest recordings.'

TRACK LISTING

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