Kongsberg Bibliotek Musikkavdeling
onsdag 12. november. KL. 19.00
Gratis
Basert på boka: Songs in the Key of Z av Irwin Chusid, musikkbibliotekar Gavin Baker vil se nærmere på noen musikker som faller utenfor normen i de fleste musikalsk sammenhenger.
Kvelden skal inkludere:
The Shaggs
The Shaggs were formed by Dot, Betty, and Helen Wiggin in 1968 on the insistence of their father, Austin Wiggin, who believed that his mother foresaw the band's rise to stardom. The band's only studio album, Philosophy of the World, was released in 1969. As the obscure LP achieved recognition among collectors, the band was praised for their raw, intuitive composition style and lyrical honesty. The Shaggs are now seen as a groundbreaking outsider music group.
The Shaggs on myspace
Bloodhag
BlöödHag is a death metal band from Seattle. They play very short songs of which the lyrics consist of biographical and bibliographical information, observations and abstractions of Science Fiction, Fantasy and seminal Horror authors. BlöödHag has embarked on several tours of libraries in the Pacific Northwest, and has the motto: The Faster You Go Deaf…The More Time You Have To Read.
Bloodhag on myspace
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and artist. Johnston has been diagnosed with manic depression. Born and raised in West Virginia but a product of the Austin, Texas music scene, Johnston is routinely compared to Brian Wilson, Roky Erickson and Skip Spence, both for his sheer originality and the tragic, mysterious relationship between mental illness and creative genius.
Daniel Jonston on myspace
Skip Spence
Alexander "Skip" Spence was a musician and singer-songwriter best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and as a solo artist. His career was plagued by drug addictions and schizophrenia, during his tenure in the public eye, he had a profound impact on the outsider music and psych-folk genres. On the day of his release from Bellevue Mental Hospital he drove a motorcycle, dressed in only his pajamas, directly to Nashville to record his only solo album, the now-classic psychedelic/folk album Oar
Skip Spence on mysapce
Jandek
Jandek is the musical project of an outsider musician who operates out of Houston, Texas. Since 1978, Jandek has self-released 53 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting more than the occasional interview or providing any biographical information. Jandek often plays a highly idiosyncratic and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, often using an open and unconventional chord structure.
Jandek on myspace
