ED ASKEW

The folk scene owes more to Ed Askew's than is acknowledged. A New York painter and singer-songwriter Ed recorded Ask the Unicorn (ESP/Parlophone) in 1967, the release quickly disappeared into folk-psych obscurity. It was only in latter years that the album has been hailed as a sought after genre classic.

Ed Askew has continued to write, paint and perform and comes to Europe for the first time with his new record For The World (Tin Angel Records). The record was produced by Jerry DeCicca of the Black Swans in a West Harlem warehouse and joined by Jay Pluck, two members of The Black Swans' Tyler Evans, Canaan Faulkner and Eve Searls, along with Mary Lattimore (Meg Baird, Thurston Moore) on harp. Down the road, electric guitar was added by fellow outsider Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and backing vocals on three songs by super fan Sharon Van Etten.

"I saw him open up for Bill Callahan and it destroyed me." - Sharon Van Etten

Ed Askew | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

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JORDAN HUNT

“With an unconventional approach to a typically conservative genre... at the forefront of contemporary classical music, Jordan Hunt constructs his music... mixing incongruous elements into surprising harmonies.“ (Acne Editorial).

Drawing on his experiences as a member of international art-pop orchestra The Irrepressibles, Canadian band The Hidden Cameras and as musical companion to Olivia Chaney, Jordan Hunt offers his own unique interpretation of song, weaving emotional melodic pop and symphonic-inspired textures within a vivid minimal landscape



www.jordan-hunt.com