Here’s the first of four volumes in Folkways’ New American Music series. You know it’s new American music because the Eagle on the cover is playing a harp. Eagles mean America, harps mean music and new means new. But this record is actually 30 years old, so I guess in this case new means old. [...]
Outstanding set of early electronics on the ever-popular Folkways label. It’s hard to imagine the nerdish looking dudes pictured in the included booklet would be the ones producing these totally bizarre sound structures.
In 1980, Mott The Hoople Keyboardist and Londoner Morgan Fisher solicited musical contributions from 50 musicians that he admired…
Okay, half of this soundtrack is mediocre but the other half is amazing. My favorite tracks on this one are by Delilah Moore (who’s name they misspelled on the front cover) Overall there’s four great funky soul tracks by her. Great stuff!