Ryley Walker and Daniel Bachman - Of Deathly Premonitions

These two guitar virtuosos have been crisscrossing the country all summer playing shows in every nook and cranny possible. Ryley Walker is one of the most talented guitar players I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. This music is right up the alley of John Fahey, Sandy Bull, and Leo Kottke. Recorded in a barn in Virginia, this album offers up incredible variations on acoustic fingerpicking in open tunings complimented by an esoteric electric guitar, and at times, an air organ. This has just the right amount of psychedelia spread over a thick foundation of "traditional" folk music. Serious talent here. Daniel Bachman also plays under the name Sacred Harp which is in a similar vein. You can order this tape and other Ryley Walker recordings from Plustapes. Listen to the premonitions.

Walt Falbo - The Digger Demos: Vol. 1

Here we have a nice collection of acoustic covers by a gentleman named Walt Falbo who resides in downstate Illinois. This was recorded as a demo for a show he played at a bar aptly named "Digger's." There's even a great cover of "Zool" by the infamous Oracles.

Tracklist:

1. Busted (Johnny Cash)

2. T.S. Eliot (East River Pipe)

3. Golden Days of Missing You (Silver Jews)

4. Queen of the Savages (The Magnetic Fields)

5. Cold Blooded Old Times (Smog)

6. Village Green Preservation Society (Kinks)

7. Road Worn and Weary (Supersuckers)

8. Farewell Ms. Carousel (Townes Van Zandt)

9. Sexx Laws (Beck)

10. Bananas and Blow (Ween)

11. Dirty Work (Steely Dan)

12. Illegal Smile (John Prine)

13. Revolution Blues (Neil Young)

14. You Have To Be Joking (The Flaming Lips)

15. Zool Part One (The Oracles)

Dig it.