Jose w/ M. Ward Medeles Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems (CLEAR WITH BLACK SMOKE VINYL) 8/7/12 " Though SKIN AND BONES

" Though SKIN AND BONES is a must-have disc for fans

stretching back beyond the Band but anchored there

simple questions rarely beget easy answers and Meg honors the indescribable joy and profound sorrow that comes with figuring things out

“It never occurred to me that this gang would make another record and yet it never occurred to me that we WOULDN’T make another record

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Jose w/ M. Ward Medeles Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems (CLEAR WITH BLACK SMOKE VINYL) 8/7/12 " Though SKIN AND BONESLed by drummer Jose Medeles (Breeders, 1939 Ensemble, Revival Drum Shop), Railroad Cadences & Melancholic Anthems is a drummers tribute to guitarist and DIY iconoclast John Fahey. Joined for a series of guitar and drum duets with M. Ward, experimental guitarist Marisa Anderson, and Chris Funk (Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus), its a genuinely honorific project, featuring not Fahey compositions, but rather a series of improvised rendezvous inspired and