LP black vinyl 15track (61min) in heavy fold-out cover (gatefold-cover) is limited to 400 copies.
Variously labeled 'Wyrd', 'Psychedelic' or 'Avant Folk', IN GOWAN RING extend roots into poetic-folk traditions while cultivating an inimitable, self-attuned writing style that prefigured the new-psyche-folk movement. As poet, pilgrim, progenitor of wyrd-folk and maestro of IN GOWAN RING, Jon Michael Beirth (otherwise B'ee) has developed a homespun sonic tapestry with peculiar richness of vision; recording over ten full length albums and performing throughout North America & Europe in veritable itinerant fashion amidst a dozen years against the grain. As well as composing the original material for BIRCH BOOK & IN GOWAN RING, Bee collects renditions of traditional songs and builds many of the acoustic instruments featured in performances and recordings such as the recent lyre-guitar & leaf cittern. Though largely self-taught, he has didactically studied the music of the Trouvères and Troubadours, the counterpoint of the High Renaissance, and modern orchestration.
Tracklist:
A1. Birch Leaves A2. Feet Of Clay A3. Empty Corner Of The Page A4. Left Hand A5. Patchwork Woman A6. Stray Summer Song A7. Hatched In Stone Part I B1. Hatched In Stone Part II B2. Sad Song B3. Nothing More B4. White Angel B5. Right Hand B6. Life's Lace B7. Will Of The Wind B8. Birch Leaves
Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Acoustic Like: In Gowan Ring, Blood Axis, Aeldaborn, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
