In case you missed it the first time around, Muruch is celebrating its 10th year of existence this month. Head over to the anniversary post to download free, 100% legal mp3s by Gaba Kulka, Hannah Fury, and Allison Crowe, and please leave a comment there with any memories you have of this site. The mp3s will be taken down next week, so grab 'em while you can.

This month marks a decade of Muruch ! Well, I created the original site in 1999, but didn't post music on it until July, 2000. If you're interested in the site's convoluted history, you can read the saga on the About page. To celebrate Muruch 's 10th anniversary, I asked my very favorite artists if I could share some of their mp3s with you (see below). And I also have a favor to ask you readers at the end of this post... Anyone who's read Muruch over the years knows that I [...]
This week's episode of Contrast Podcast features poetic introductions. I read "The Erl King" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (text below), which I paired with Hannah Fury 's "Beware the Touch" (from her Through The Gash album). Contrast Podcast - Poetry (mp3) Hannah Fury - Beware The Touch (mp3) Or if that link doesn't work, you can grab the song on this page . "The Erl King" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Who [...]
As I said in my last post, I'm having to divide this in two... Saturday, April 19, 2008 My cousin has come from West Virginia to visit my grandmother because chances are very good that she won't go home again until we take her casket to be buried next to my grandfather's. Her health has been failing for a long time and the prognosis is not promising. I hadn't seen my cousin since before Cecily's born, since before his father, my uncle, died. [...]
Hannah Fury's Through The Gash will be released on August 7th. The mood of this new album is often quite different than that of her eerie 2000 release The Thing That Feels. There are plenty of... **Click on the link to read the full post, download mp3s, and comment.**