Artist: Tom Rapp

A few years ago I made a collection of posts digging out the original versions of the songs that Galaxie 500, Luna and Damon & Naomi had covered over the years - this was in the days before YouTube and Spotify so tracking down the originals was not as easy as it would be now (although Napster and Audiogalaxy helped). I have an alphabetical list of all the covers that our favourite bands have been involved in and my intention over the coming months (possibly years) is to dig out original of the track (or in some cases [...]

• Magic Hour - America
• Tom Rapp - After the Goldrush

Tom Rapp and friends soundcheck at Terrastock 6 The big news of the first Terrastock festival in Providence in 1997 was the reappearance of Tom Rapp , prime mover of Pearls Before Swine , and absent from the music scene since the mid 70s. On Thursday 8th March Tom will turn 65, much of his second coming involved Damon & Naomi (hence it's appearance here) - they performed together a number of times, Damon produced (and they both appeared on) his comeback album A Journal of The Plague Year and [...]

• Tom Rapp - Live at Terrastock 6 (2006.04.

tom rapp shoebox symphony a) where is love b) state U c) just let the grass grow 1999 Paleo's diary : one song, each day cedar falls (française version) Temps gris. La pluie a hésité toute la journée à tomber. Je savais que j'avais cet album sur une cassette. Je l'ai cru perdue [...]

• Tom Rapp - The Shoebox Symphony