Currituck Co. - Tropics of Cancer Kevin Barker . Currituck Co. Guitar magician. Purveyor of fine videotapes . Maybe one of the best to appear on the GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN compilation . Prime player in the heady days of freak folk, when all a man needed was a guitar, a beard, and two hands, maybe just one. People back then thought, Hey, I like this music, It's like the woods is hugging me with all its branchly might (someone surely thought that, right?). Hearing this [...]

Kevin Barker is een van de sleutelfiguren van de alt folk, freak folk of hoe je het ook wil noemen. Barker bracht een handjevol mooie, maar niet erg toegankelijke albums uit onder de naam Currituck Co. En hij speelde mee op albums van Joanna Newsom, de Ladybug Transistor en Antony and the Johnsons. De afgelopen periode maakte Barker ook deel uit van Vetiver . Misschien heb je Kevin Barker nog wel tijdens optredens van Vetiver naast Andy Cabic zien staan. Toen Barker de tijd vond om weer 'ns een album op te nemen [...]

When I first started writing this blog I posted a feature called ' Friday Is For Covers ' with a vague hope of starting a regular series highlighting cover versions of various songs that I dig. For one reason or another this never really took off, but my fascination with covers continues - specifically the different ways that songs are re-interpreted and given new meanings or new directions by different artist. Donovan's "Colours" is the perfect case in point. Originally released as a single by Donovan in 1965, the songs simple folk style proved popular [...]
In 2004, freak folk extraordinaries Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom went on tour together. Five years later, footage from the tour will be available to more than just those lucky fans that caught them in conert. The Family Jams, a documentary put together by Kevin Barker of Currituck Co. and Vetiver fame, follows the two musicians and his own band on and off stage. In addition to concert footage, the film provides a behind the scenes look at the bands traveling together, from show to show.

• Hey unemployed kids, CNN and CareerBuilder have put together yet another informative job market-related article for your enjoyment. Did you know that at least 13 companies are hiring right now, even though we're in a depression! It's true! Would you like to know which company leads off this amazing list? Because I'm going to spoil it for you anyway. It's 7-11. Ha! Way to generate enough interest for me to read through the rest of the article, CNN/CareerBuilder. Like I care about the other 12 companies when the company important enough to rank number one on your list is [...]
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