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“The Poet and the Witch” by Mellow Candle (1972) and Stephen Malkmus (2003)

The CD reissue spree of the early 1990s benefited those lonely, cobwebbed corner obsessives who thought the longhairs of 70s British Isles folk rock had something good going.  Those of us who scuttled after the bones the sinister Shanachie label threw to the U.S. through the ’80s were conditioned to nonexistent liner notes and brainwashed … Continue reading “The Poet and the Witch” by Mellow Candle (1972) and Stephen Malkmus (2003)

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“Waltz of the New Moon” by The Incredible String Band

Although there is the potential today for historically reconstructing The Incredible String Band as a folksy psychedelic sideshow, the core group of Mike Heron and Robin Williamson were among the most imaginative and deeply schooled of the musicians emerging out of Britain’s folk revival in the late 1960s.  Succored by Joe Boyd and Elektra records, the band … Continue reading “Waltz of the New Moon” by The Incredible String Band