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Color Green: November 21, 2024 Tubby’s

December 6, 2024
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What would you do if I told you that a four-piece rock and roll band is driving around in a van and kicking all sorts of ass at venues across the country?  What if I also told you that it features screaming guitar harmonies with intricate melodic interplay propped up by one of the most badass rhythm sections you’ll see this year? What if I told you this band is called “Color Green,” and they are on tour right now?

What started as a duo recording project has morphed into a four-piece band. With that transition has come a clearer focus on the songs and playing. On their excellent new record, “Fool’s Parade,” the stoney haze of the earlier releases is joined by more focused songwriting, well-structured dueling guitars, and a rhythm section ready for battle. It’s like adding a touch of Heron Oblivion to your Burrito Brothers.

While standing outside preshow, Noah mentioned they would start us off slow before hitting the throttle, and that’s exactly how it played out. Opening with the contemplative “Through The Looking Glass,” the band and audience had a minute to calibrate before it was time, as Casey Rose stated, to “have some fun,” and, for the next 45 minutes, that’s precisely what happened.  The back half of this set, from “Coronado” through “Kick The Bucket,” featured wildly dynamic guitar playing that was a thrill to hear.  It’s rare to find two guitarists who so actively listen to each other to create that sort of experience.

Color Green is closing out its tour with only a few West Coast dates remaining. West Coast tapers get out to a show! The world needs more live Color Green!

You might notice that the picture at this post’s beginning isn’t very good. That’s because I was too busy standing in the back by my gear, crushing beers, and playing air guitar to remember to move up and get a quality shot. This was a straight-up scorcher, a no-bull-shit rock show. 

I recorded this from the usual spot with an excellent board feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer Wil.  The sound is fantastic.

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Color Green
2024-11-21
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: MBHO 440 + SDB > MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer Wil for the board patch!

recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

  1. Intro
  2. Through the Looking Glass
  3. When The Clouds Roll In
  4. God In A $
  5. Sour Grapes
  6. Coronado
  7. Four Leaf Clover
  8. Night
  9. Kick The Bucket
  10. You Wreck Me

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Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears: August 10, 2024 Deep In The Valley

December 2, 2024
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Photo by Christopher Bruno

The NYCTaper coverage of the 2024 Deep in the Valley festival continues with Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears!

I’m going to be completely upfront about this: This was the set I was most looking forward to going into the event, simply because I’d been pestering Andy from Raven Sings The Blues for at least two years to get Sean Thompson to play Deep In The Valley.

Sean is a guitar player, songwriter, and generally good dude from Nashville. I’ll skip the background info; you can get all that on a recent episode of Good Friend of the Site J. M. Hart’s consistently excellent Brokedown Podcast. The critical thing to glean from the interview is that Sean is now actively writing and focusing his energy on the “Weird Ears” project. 

I was lucky to sit with several people who were unfamiliar with Sean’s work before this set. With “country music,” in whatever that means, having a bit of a moment in the larger psych/improv/jam scene, it’s easy to draw comparisons to more well-known names. In the moment, I attempted to sell it to the uninitiated as “similar to the name brand country-tinged jam folks but more authentic, weirder, and much more psychedelic.” To me, that translates to way more interesting, but that doesn’t do Sean’s work justice, and, to be fair, it was just lazy on my part. 

Luckily for Sean, he doesn’t need me to sell you on this; him and his band will do it on their own.  This excellent-sounding set features tracks from his superb Selt Titled 2022 album as well as some new jammers, including the latest single, “Ridin’ In The Van,” which has a brand new video (debuting today!) to go along with it:

Ridin’ In the Van

Pre order your copy of the new Weird Ears album “Head In The Sand” (out February 7) here. If he makes it back to the Hudson Valley for a proper full length set you can be sure I’ll be there!

I recorded this set with my MBHOs at the stage lip and a phenomenal soundboard feed from FOH engineer Daniel Stout.  Play it LOUD.

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Sean Thompson’s Weird Ears
2024-08-10
Deep in The Valley Festival
From The Ground Brewery
Red Hook, NY

Source: MBHO 440 + SDB > MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

Thanks to FOH engineer Daniel Stout for the board patch!

  1. Raspberry Pie
  2. New Trailway Boogie
  3. Before The Flowers Bloom
  4. Ridin In The Van
  5. Street People

Please support this excellent artist!
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Weak Signal: October 4, 2024 Tubby’s

November 25, 2024
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When you pull on the string dangling off Weak Signal’s hoodie what unravels is the last 60 years of NYC’s music history.  Which is probably why they aren’t huge.

I have this belief that some of the best things from New York, particularly NYC, can’t truly be understood by outsiders. In a just world, “I’m Waiting for the Man” would have been a far bigger hit in 1967 than “Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie” just as M.O.P’s “Heistmasters” should have been a bigger hit than “Fantastic Voyage” in 1994. Maybe the grim realities of New York City are more than most people can, or want, to handle.  

There is a sound to NY, and anyone with the city in their bloodstream knows it. In his genuinely incredible piece on DJ Premiere’s work, Dave Thompkins wrote, “Premier’s loyalty to his sound is a dedication to neighborhoods still living the same crisis narrative that played out in his music two decades ago. Nothing will ever displace Group Home’s “Livin’ Proof” in a piercing January wind.” Listening to Weak Signal is hearing the street-wise coolness of the VU directly alongside the hard-hitting realities of Mobb Deep because it’s rooted in the same crisis narrative Premiere accessed: the reality of living and creating art in NY. This isn’t  a band built for Instagram and lifestyle influencers.  This is a band built for people who work in bars that don’t have websites; for the blue paper 10 ounce coffee cup that says “we are happy to serve you” in a vaguely Greek font.

On their new record, “Fine” (12XU), you’ll find the usual cocktail of snarling guitar tones mixed with equally cynical lyrics. They’ve added a floater to that of the most refined production of their career which helps to highlight bassist Sasha Vine and drummer Tran Huynh. I always found this to be one of the most exciting rhythm sections working today. You can really feel the swagger on this record. This is Weak Signal standing on the corner, taunting the condo developer while making sure Halal cart guy’s spot is secured. There will always be someone to represent the sound of NYC.  And right now, that’s Weak Signal.

I recorded this from my usual spot in the back with my MBHOs and an killer soundboard feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer Kyle. The sound quality is fantastic!

Download and stream form the live music archive!

Weak Signal
2024-10-04
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: MBHO440 + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

recorded and produced by kliked

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer Kyle for the board patch

  1. Out On A Wire
  2. Poor People
  3. Hallelujah Baby
  4. Chill
  5. Rich Junkie
  6. Spooky Feeling
  7. Disappearing
  8. Yr Deal
  9. Wannabe
  10. Drugs In My System
  11. Tell Me How You Like It

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Shannon Lay: June 28, 2024 Tubby’s

October 2, 2024
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Shannon Lay’s new single “Mirrors” got a lot of play around my house this Spring.  It’s beautifully recorded and sounds like the sunlight that filters through the trees and lights up my kitchen while I cook. So it was a pretty sweet and timely surprise to see her coming to Tubby’s on a stacked triple bill with Anna St. Luis and Shana Fullana.

Shannon’s songs are so intricately crafted that it’s had to find a single point to dissect them.  Do you lead with the profoundly introspective lyrics or the mind-boggling finger-style guitar playing?  Or maybe you should focus on her tremendous vocal control? 

I will start with the guitar playing because I spent most of the night trying to understand it. Her technical command seemed effortless but was never overshadowed by the profoundly emotional resonance of her playing. Her playing came from a place of pure vulnerability, drawing listeners in with the raw intensity of her expression.

The set was drawn from her entire catalog and included the aforementioned “mirrors” and stellar covers by Elliott Smith and Karen Dalton. Every song felt like a highlight, but a particular moment felt most affirmative.  After a brief acknowledgment of Kingston’s parking woes (a local hot topic), she settled into “Come Together” off 2017’s “Living Water” and somehow, what started as a discussion of parking tickets turned into a moment where could collectively reflect on all of the outside pressures and ills. We could choose to ignore those stressors and move forward to positivity:

“We all have enough

Come on shake your broken shoulders

Come on move your broken shoes

Come together”

I’d like to give a special shout-out to the Tubby’s crowd on this particular evening. Generally speaking, recording solo acoustic singer-songwriters in a bar is an exercise in futility.  You can only do so much limiting, but everyone was incredibly respectful of the songs and performers, and you can hear that in the recording.  The quality is excellent, so please enjoy.

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Shannon Lay
2024-06-28
Tubby’s
Kingston, NY

Source: MBHO440 + SDB > SD MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag
Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer Wil for the board patch

  1. A Thread to Find
  2. Sure
  3. Angeles*
  4. The moons detriment
  5. Recording 15
  6. Come Together
  7. Mirrors
  8. Coast
  9. Simpsons Interlude
  10. All this life goin down
  11. Rare to wake
  12. Awaken and Allow
  13. Something On Your Mind^

*Elliott Smith

^Karen Dalton

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    https://shannonlay.bandcamp.com/

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    75 Dollar Bill: September 30, 2023 Tubby’s Fifth Anniversary

    September 11, 2024
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    The NYCTaper coverage of the Tubby’s Fifth Anniversary continues with 75 Dollar Bill!

    On March 7, 2020 I went to Tubby’s to see 75 Dollar Bill.  I had contacted Che beforehand via email to ask permission to record, and he was gracious enough to approve. So for the duration of their two sets, I stood as still as possible (so as not to create phasing issues with the tiny mics clipped to my hat) and recorded what eventually became the “Live at Tubby’s” album.  I knew during the performance I was witnessing something special.  The feeling in the room was electric with everyone completely lost in the polyrhythms and endless white-hot solos being fired off from the band. It was easy, in the moment, to be oblivious to what was on the horizon.  

    In the coming days and months, that recording became something else completely. 75 Dollar Bill’s record “I Was Real” got good press, but the band couldn’t play to support it. Tubby’s, a new venue at the time, had just had its highest-profile show to date and now had to shut its doors. No one knew when things would return to normal.  The band released the recording as a “pay what you want” on one of the first “band camp Fridays.” Then, a label chose to press it to vinyl. Then Rolling Stone put it on its year-end list.  Suddenly, during a time when no one could go anywhere, a tiny venue in the Hudson Valley had a worldwide reputation. That recording became a reminder of what was and what could, hopefully, be again someday. Since that release, word has gotten out, and tons of excellent bands have come through, but it is safe to say that 75 Dollar Bill was the first “big” name associated with Tubby’s.  

    When Cory first mentioned that he was planning a large-scale celebration for Tubby’s fifth anniversary, 75 Dollar Bill’s inclusion seemed obvious.  The last set of the weekend to take place in the actual venue had to be them, and that’s precisely what happened.  The same lineup from that night in 2020, supplemented with three additional members, set up on the floor in the front room by the bar and took us on a journey.  

    The set opened with “Water in the Lock,” which should have been the first track on “Live at Tubby’s,” had I not missed the intro and started the recording halfway through. A run of “Tetuzi Akiyama” off the aforementioned “I Was Real” was next before the band jumped head-first into the meat of the set. First was a new composition titled “21,” in which the band stretched out to over 26 minutes of dense rhythms and solos. The night closed, just as it did in 2020, with a 20+ minute version of WZN#3 with Tim Barnes leading the charge on Maraca. 

    I recorded this set with the same little AT-853’s and Roland R-07 I used in 2020 blended with a soundboard feed from Tubby’s FOH team of Wil and Kyle.  The quality is excellent and full of life so enjoy it loud and be happy we can all celebrate music together in person again. 

    Download and stream from the live music archive.

    75 Dollar Bill
    2023-09-30
    Tubby’s
    Kingston, NY

    Source 1: SP-CMC-4U (AT853 cards, low sens mod) > SPSb-11 > R-07
    Source 2: SDB > MixPre 3
    Source 1 + Source 2 > Adobe CC (time align, EQ, compression) > Audacity (tracking, fades) > FLAC (lvl 8)
    Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

    1. Intro
    2. Water in the Lock
    3. Tetuzi Akiyama
    4. 21
    5. WZN#3

    Thanks to Tubbys FOH engineers Wil for the patch and Kyle for the mix!
    This was part of Tubby’s 5 Year anniversary celebration.

    75 Dollar Bill Little Big Band:
    Rick Brown – Plywood crate, percussion
    Che Chen -Guitar
    Karen Waltuch – Viola
    Cheryl Kingan – Baritone Sax
    Steve Maing – Guitar
    Sue Garner – Bass
    Tim Barnes – Maraca
    Talice Lee – violin
    Barry Weisblat – cowbell, maraca
    Jim Pugliese – congas

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    https://75dollarbill.bandcamp.com/

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    Seawind of Battery: August 10, 2024 Deep In The Valley

    August 27, 2024
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    Photo by Christopher Bruno

    The NYCTaper coverage of the 2024 Deep in the Valley festival continues with Seawind of Battery! 

    Mike Horn brought his Seawind of Battery project to open this beautiful day on the farm. Mike is no stranger to this blog, but it’s the first time we have featured him since the release of his gorgeous new album, “East Coast Cosmic Dreamscaper” on Warhen Records.  Mike was kind enough to send me an advanced copy of the album and I was instantly impressed with the direction he has taken this project.  He could have released “clockwatching pt 2” and made many people happy but chose to continue to explore ambinet landscapes finding a zone that’s more cosmic and less country. I don’t think Mike is close to running out of space to move this project. 

    On this afternoon the Battery powered us with its duo configuration of Mike on signature telecaster and effects and Jarrod Annis on lap steel. The set opened with “Maze of Roses” the first of three songs from the excellent new album.  It was followed with a personal favorite, “New Moon” which I first heard last summer when they come up to play Tubby’s. Structurally the tune remains the same but there is an obvious confidence that the duo, with a year more experience together, can now project. The cosmic dance feels more like cosmic swagger now. 

    Beginning  9/11, Mike will host a bi-monthly show with CAMP Radio (3pm EST / 9pm CEST) called “Battery Operated.” This show will be a sonic journey through experimental, psychedelic, ambient, cosmic Americana, and spiritual Jazz.  Tune in and get recharged!

    This was recorded from stage lip with my MBHOs and wonderful soundboard feed from FOH engineer Daniel Stout. The quality is fantastic! Enjoy!

    Download and stream from the live music archive!

    Seawind of Battery
    2024-08-10
    Deep in The Valley Festival
    From The Ground Brewery
    Red Hook, NY

    Source: MBHO 440 + SDB > MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

    Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

    Thanks to FOH engineer Daniel Stout for the board patch!

    1. Maze of Roses
    2. New Moon
    3. Supernatural
    4. Clockwatching

    Please support this excellent artist!
    https://seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/

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    https://christopherbrunophotography.pixieset.com

    Vague Plot: August 9, 2024 Tubby’s

    August 23, 2024
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    As if the 2024 Deep In The Valley festival wasn’t enough, the good folks at Raven Sing the Blues organized an incredible preshow kick-off the night before at Tubby’s.  This Friday night bill included Jeffery Alexander & The Heavy Lidders, Oneida, and appearing for the first time at Tubby’s, Vague Plot. 

    Vague Plot began as a jam session and coalesced into a full-time band with their first release on Island House. Their origins in jam sessions blur into their sense of composition. What’s spontaneous? What’s orchestrated? Does it matter when the when the results are thrilling? To me, it certainly doesn’t. Each of these tunes is filled with dynamic and interesting playing, from the dual guitar work of Zachary Cale and Uriah Theriault to the sax and keyboard excursions from Phil Jacob to the pulsing rhythm section of Ben Copperhead and John Studer.  A personal favorite of the night, “Time Blind” sees the band’s ability to weave ideas together into a patchwork of repetitive and hypnotic playing. Is it written? Is it a jam? Who cares, it sounds great! 

    Vague Plot has some September dates lined up including two (9/28 & 29) with Sunburned Hand of the Man and Jeffery Alexander & The Heavy Lidders. There is also a 9/12 show with long time favorites The Ladybug Transistor.  Get out and see a show! 

    I recorded this from my usual spot by the soundboard with the MBHOs and a board feed from Tubby’s FOH engineer Wil.  Enjoy! 

    Download and stream from the Live Music Archive!

    Vague Plot
    2024-08-09
    Tubby’s
    Kingston, NY

    Source: MBHO 440 + SDB > MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

    Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

    Thanks to Tubby’s FOH engineer, Wil, for the board patch!

    1. Moto2. Cyclic
    3. Bats from the Sky
    4. Time Blind
    5. F13 > Depot

    Vague Plot is:
    Phil Jacob: Sax, Electric Keyboard, Vocals
    Zach Cale: Electric Guitar, Vocals
    Uriah Theriault: Electric Guitar
    Ben Copperhead: Bass, Vocals
    John Studer: Drums

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    Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders: August 10, 2024 Deep In The Valley

    August 19, 2024
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    Photo by Christopher Bruno

    The NYCTaper coverage of the 2024 Deep in the Valley festival continues with Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders! 

    Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders became the first group to play at the festival twice, having appeared in year one.  For this set, the core four were joined by Wednesday Knudsen (sax) and Ron Schneiderman (guitar), and John Moloney (percussion) fresh off their set with Sunburned Hand of The Man.  The septet configuration of the Lidders gave us a one-song set. One 45-minute version of the classic psychedelic mind fuck, “Dark Star.” 

    Phil Lesh once said, “Dark Star is always playing somewhere.  All we do is tap into it.”  On this day, Dark Star was being played in a field near an apple Orchard in Red Hook NY and the Lidders absolutely tapped into it. Rumor has it, upon playback, one member of the band had a full psychedelic experience complete with walls moving.  Live, it hit me so hard I was forced back to my camping chair to recalibrate for about ten minutes.  Your mileage may vary. 

    This was recorded from stage lip with my MBHOs and wonderful soundboard feed from FOH engineer Daniel Stout.  The quality is excellent.  Get your mind right and blast off! 

    Stream and download from the Live Music Archive!

    
Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders
2024-08-10
Deep in The Valley Festival
From The Ground Brewery
Red Hook, NY

    Source: MBHO 440 + SDB > MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

    Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

    Thanks to FOH engineer Daniel Stout for the board patch!

    1. Dark Star*

    The Heavy Lidders are:
    Jeffrey Alexander – guitar, vocal
    Drew Gardner – guitar,
    Jesse Sheppard – bass
    Scott Verrastro – drums

    with:

    John Moloney – Percussion
    Wednesday Knudsen – Sax
    Ron Schneiderman – Guitar

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    Magic Tuber String Band: August 10, 2024 Deep In The Valley

    August 15, 2024
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    Photo by Christopher Bruno

    Welcome to the NYCTaper coverage of the 2024 Deep In The Valley festival! The event was once again held at From the Ground Brewery and organized, labored over and presented by our friends at the always excellent Raven Sings The Blues! Another incredible year of mellow vibes, good friend and incredible tunes! We begin this year with Magic Tuber String Band!

    At face value, a string band playing an early afternoon set in a field on a rural farm seems like a slam dunk, and it was a perfect early-day set. However, underneath, this project is much more than traditional folk music. It has secrets inside itself.  It presents the sounds of summer sunshine and picnics, but just beneath the surface hides the sounds of Autumn’s deep, dark woods. It’s never one thing.  Make these instruments electric, and you would, most likely, be battered by a wall of noise and drones. This possibility can be seen in their playing for “Ghost Pipe” off 2023’s Tarantism.  

    The North Carolina-based group has had a productive couple of years, culminating with the release of their new album, “Needlefall,” on Thrill Jockey Records. Our NYC folks can catch them tonight (8/15) at Public Records, but at the very least, go to their Bandcamp and buy some music to take into the change of seasons. This was a thoroughly engaging set of music, and there is a reason I raced to get this one out first.

    This set was recorded with my MBHO’s at stage lip and an excellent board mix from FOH engineer Daniel Stout.  I’m very happy with the results. Enjoy!

    Download and stream for the Live Music Archive!

    Magic Tuber String Band
    2024-08-10
    Deep in The Valley Festival
    From The Ground Brewery
    Red Hook, NY

    Source: MBHO 440 + SDB > MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

    Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

    Thanks to FOH engineer Daniel Stout for the board patch!

    1. Orb Weaver
    2. A Dance on Sunday Night
    3. Blooms in the Rapids
    4. Ghost Pipe
    5. Horn of Plenty
    6. Days of Longing
    7. Needlefall

    Please support this excellent artist!
    https://magictuberstringband.bandcamp.com/album/needlefall

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    https://www.ravensingstheblues.com/

    Photo by Christopher Bruno:
    https://christopherbrunophotography.pixieset.com

    Rich Ruth: June 27, 2024 Colony

    July 5, 2024
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    Ruth’s recent album on Third Man, “Water Still Flows” is barely two weeks from release but already feels like an old favorite. The vast and atmospheric space jazz tinges found on “I Survived, It’s Over” are still there; but a harder edge has been added. Heavy guitars and fuzz, a touch of sludge and darkness. That’s not to say this is a dark album. These additions are well-balanced. Part of that balancing act is harpist (and local favorite) Mikaela Davis’s contributions to the record.

    Ruth and his band came through Woodstock on the last night of a run supporting Davis and her band, Southern Star. There was a moment during the last few minutes of “Action at a Distance” where I could notice Ruth and company win over the crowd. After a few minutes of atmospheric sax work by Sam Que, the rhythm section starts to boil. You can feel the energy begin to mass and then explode as Ruth lays into his guitar. People that had previously been talking to friends started looking to the stage.

    Davis joined on the last two songs of the set. This was a special treat I don’t expect to see again any time soon. The first track she plays on “No Muscle, No Memory” offers a great microcosm of what this project is. At its beginning, it sounds like the period just before the sun comes up; the time when the new day could be anything and possibilities exist. But by its end it had obvious definition, and you know what the sunrise had brought.

    The Colony is a challenging room to tape in. On this night, I was set up on the balcony, slightly left of center. While the mix in the room was good, this location leaves me in the middle of people looking for a quieter place to chat. As such, crowd chatter is noticeable during quieter passages. Overall, the quality is very good, but this is most certainly an “AUD”. Enjoy!

    Download and stream from the live music archive!

    Rich Ruth
    2024-06-27
    Colony
    Woodstock, NY

    Source: MBHO 440 > MixPre3 (clamped to railing on balcony, slightly left of center) > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

    Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

    1. Heavy & Earthbound
    2. Action at a Distance
    3. Taken Back
    4. Marina
    5. No Muscle, No Memory*
    6. Crying In The Trees*

    Mike Ruth – Guitar, Keys
    Taro Yamasaki – Bass
    Taylor Floreth – Drums
    Sam Que – Sax
    *Mikaela Davis – Harp

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