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Dawn McCarthy
Faun Fables is an American band based in Oakland, California. Faun Fables is a concept and vehicle for Dawn McCarthy, who was inspired to write the original material while traveling after leaving the New York City music scene in 1997. Faun Fables also covers 20th century compositions by other songwriters and traditional folk songs. The music on the first album is entirely by McCarthy, as are all lyrics and most of the music on ''Mother Twilight''. All albums except for the first are collaborations with Nils Frykdahl, inspired by McCarthy's previous work and "Dawn the Faun" stage persona. Collaborations Main collaborator Nils Frykdahl is known for his work with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Idiot Flesh. Faun Fables albums and shows also feature collaborations with: * Family members - sister Sheila Bosco ( Autobody; Drumhead; Flaming Fire; zBug), brother Brian McCarthy, and mother Michelina Tyrie; * Matt Waldron of 'irr. app. (ext.)' * Robin Coomer of 'Loop!Station' * Kirana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the List of largest California cities by population, eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to municipal corporation, incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854. Oakland is a charter city. Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal prairie, California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large ''rancho'' grant in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is dominated by a maritime climate with narrow temperature differences between seasons. The 60% smaller island of Ireland is to the west—these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands and named substantial rocks, form the British Isles archipelago. Connected to mainland Europe until 9,000 years ago by a landbridge now known as Doggerland, Great Britain has been inhabited by modern humans for around 30,000 years. In 2011, it had a population of about , making it the world's third-most-populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The term "Great Britain" is often used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales, including their component adjoining islands. Great Britain and Northern Ireland now cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenya Chernoff
Yevgeniya Ivanovna Davidyuk ( rus, Евгения Ивановна Давидюк, born March 22, 1981), known professionally as , is a Russian voice actress, singer, and radio personality based in Japan. Early life Yevgeniya Davidyuk was born at Novosibirsk, Soviet Union on March 22, 1981, and spent most of her childhood at Gorky. Her father was a military officer who taught his subordinates the ideologies of the communist party. She has a younger brother. At the age of eight, her family moved to Czechoslovakia for a five-year stay due to her father's work, but they returned to the Soviet Union a year later and lived in Kaliningrad for almost two years before moving back to Novosibirsk. At the age of 16, she became interested in voice acting after watching the Japanese animated series '' Sailor Moon'' in 1997, which she described as the "anime that changed my life". She majored in information technology at Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management in 1998. While ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Album (Faun Fables Album)
''Family Album'' is the 2004 studio album by Faun Fables Faun Fables is an American band based in Oakland, California. Faun Fables is a concept and vehicle for Dawn McCarthy, who was inspired to write the original material while traveling after leaving the New York City music scene in 1997. Faun Fabl .... It was released through the label Drag City. Track listing #"Eyes of a Bird" - 7:30 #"Poem 2" - 2:40 #"A Mother and a Piano" - 4:52 #"Lucy Belle" - 3:58 #"Joshua" - 4:03 #"Nop of Time" - 2:09 #"Still Here" - 4:28 #"Preview" - 4:53 #"Higher" - 4:52 #"Carousel with Madonnas" - 2:39 #"Rising Din" - 4:32 #"Fear March" - 2:21 #"Eternal" - 2:52 #"Mouse Song" - 3:26 #"Old and Light" - 4:03 References External linksOfficial Faun Fables web site {{Authority control Faun Fables albums 2004 albums Drag City (record label) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Twilight
''Mother Twilight'' is the 2001 studio album by Faun Fables Faun Fables is an American band based in Oakland, California. Faun Fables is a concept and vehicle for Dawn McCarthy, who was inspired to write the original material while traveling after leaving the New York City music scene in 1997. Faun Fabl .... It was released through the label Drag City. Track listing #"Begin" - 2:44 #"Sleepwalker" - 3:37 #"Shadowsound" - 5:02 #"Hela" - 4:33 #"Traveller Returning" - 6:22 #"Train" - 3:20 #"Beautiful Blade" - 4:28 #"Mother Twilight" - 7:01 #"Lightning Rods" - 3:34 #"Moth" - 6:06 #"Girl That Said Goodbye" - 4:20 #"Washington State" - 2:16 #"Catch Me" - 3:05 #"Live Old" - 5:25 External linksOfficial Faun Fables web site {{Authority control Faun Fables albums 2001 albums Drag City (record label) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Song
''Early Song'' is the 1999 studio album by Faun Fables Faun Fables is an American band based in Oakland, California. Faun Fables is a concept and vehicle for Dawn McCarthy, who was inspired to write the original material while traveling after leaving the New York City music scene in 1997. Faun Fabl .... It was released through the label Drag City. Track listing #"Muse" - 3:48 #"The Crumb" - 3:04 #"Old Village Churchyard" - 4:19 #"Apple Trees" - 4:42 #"Only a Miner" - 2:39 #"Sometimes I Pray" - 5:01 #"Honey Baby Blues" - 2:20 #"Lullaby For Consciousness" - 4:16 #"O Death" - 3:42 #"Ode to Rejection" - 4:02 #"Bliss" - 2:19 External linksOfficial Faun Fables web site {{Authority control Faun Fables albums 1999 albums Drag City (record label) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Transit Rider
''The Transit Rider'' is the fourth album by Faun Fables and the theatrical production on which it was based. Track listing # "Birth" – 2:10 # "Transit Theme" – 4:46 # "The House Carpenter" – 5:05 # "In Speed" – 3:51 # "Taki Pejzaz" – 8:12 # "Roadkill" – 4:32 # "Earth's Kiss" – 5:05 # "Fire & Castration" – 4:51 # "The Questioning" – 2:01 # "I No Longer Wish To" – 1:13 # "The Corwith Brothers" – 3:18 # "Dream on a Train" – 6:51 # "I'd Like to Be" – 4:11 Background information ''The Transit Rider'' began as a theatrical production. The inspiration for the show was McCarthy's experiences on the New York City Subway from when she relocated there in 1994.http://faunfables.net/discography.html As a live performance, ''The Transit Rider'' premiered as a full-length theater show in San Francisco in 2002. In April through June 2006, the four-member version of Faun Fables including Jenya Chernoff and Matt Lebofsky toured North America. The tour culminated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Cycle
A song cycle (german: Liederkreis or Liederzyklus) is a group, or cycle (music), cycle, of individually complete Art song, songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a unit.Susan Youens, ''Grove online'' The songs are either for solo voice or an ensemble, or rarely a combination of solo songs mingled with choral pieces. The number of songs in a song cycle may be as brief as two songs or as long as 30 or more songs. The term "song cycle" did not enter lexicography until 1865, in Arrey von Dommer's edition of ''Koch’s Musikalisches Lexikon'', but works definable in retrospect as song cycles existed long before then. One of the earliest examples may be the set of seven Cantiga de amigo, Cantigas de amigo by the 13th-century Galicians, Galician jongleur Martin Codax. Jeffrey Mark identified the group of dialect songs 'Hodge und Malkyn' from Thomas Ravenscroft's ''The Briefe Discourse'' (1614) as the first of a number of early 17th Century examples in England. A song cycle is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Current 93
Current 93 are an English experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet, who has been Current 93's only constant member. Background Tibet has been the only constant member in the group, though Steven Stapleton (of Nurse with Wound) has appeared on nearly every Current 93 release. Michael Cashmore has also been a constant contributor since '' Thunder Perfect Mind''. Douglas P. of Death in June has played on well over a dozen Current 93 releases, and Steve Ignorant of Crass (using the name Stephen Intelligent), Boyd Rice, runologist Freya Aswynn, Nick Cave, Björk, Andrew W.K., Anohni, Baby Dee, Will Oldham, Ben Chasny, Rose McDowall, have also lent their talents over the years. Current 93 have released over twenty albums and many singles as well. Much of Current 93's early work was similar to late 1970s and early 1980s industrial music: abrasive tape loops, droning synthesizer noises and Tib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine, (born 24 June 1939) is a singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. She has collaborated with Stereolab, Michel Colombier, Jean-Claude Vannier, Areski Belkacem, Gotan Project, Sonic Youth, Antoine Duhamel, Grace Jones, Noir Désir, Archie Shepp, Arno, and The Art Ensemble of Chicago. She is also a novelist, playwright, poet, and actress. Early life The daughter of two teachers, Brigitte Fontaine developed her taste for writing and drama very early. She spent her childhood in small villages of Finistère, then in Morlaix. At 17 years old, she moved to Paris to become an actress. In 1971, she was one of the women who signed the Manifesto of the 343, publicly admitting to having an abortion at a time when it was illegal in France. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewa Demarczyk
Ewa Maria Demarczyk (16 January 1941 – 14 August 2020) was a Polish singer, generally associated with the sung poetry genre and the Piwnica pod Baranami cabaret. Demarczyk was recognized as one of the most talented and charismatic singers in the history of Polish music. She was praised for her unique interpretations, expression, and unusual stage personality. In the 1960s, she drew comparisons with Édith Piaf. In Poland, she was often referred to as "the Dark Angel". Biography She started her career in 1961, when she joined Jagiellonian University Medical College's student cabaret Cyrulik. After a year she left Cyrulik for Piwnica pod Baranami, where she met Zygmunt Konieczny, with whom she would work for the next four years. Her first big success was a performance at the 1963 National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, where she received an award for the songs "Karuzela z madonnami", "Taki pejzaż" and "Czarne anioły". Later the same year, she sang at the Sopot Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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