Union Chapel at the top of Islington’s Upper Street, near to Highbury Corner in North London, is a working Unitarian chapel as well as being one of London’s finest music venues. On a long June evening where the weather has […]
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It’s possible that Howe Gelb invented what we’ve come to call alt-country. At least he’s among the few who never denied it. In 1980 he gathered a pack of desert punks to record a sweet, original country song, “Curtis, John […]
Howe Gelb 5/10/15 Club Congress Tucson, AZ
Trippiest pic yet!
Howe Gelb of Giant Sand wishes ND a happy 20th.
Anyone even remotely familiar with the Giant Sand story knows what to expect by now. Howie Gelb and his ever-evolving collective of players continue to dance playfully around the periphery of American songcraft, prolifically delivering platters that veer from beatific […]
Photos in the liner notes of Chore Of Enchantment present Howe Gelb’s home, a spare, organically random assemblage of gear and everyday objects, within graceful, discreetly painted and inviting rooms, dated only by the lintels, which as much as stamp […]
Will Giant Sand ever be a smidgen more definable? Will they ever sound slightly more commercial? Will they ever behave in an ambitious manner that behooves their potential greatness? It doesn’t seem likely. Flying in the face of corporate assembly-line […]
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