Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.rock.progressive
Titolo: [Folk] Milkwood Tapestry

Un duo folk che tra la fine dei '60 e gli inizi dei '70 apriva per
gruppi come Country Joe & the Fish o i Velvet Underground, la GearFab
ha ristampato il loro album omonimo con un bel po' di bonus track...ad
un primo ascolto pare ne valga la pena.
Da Allmusic:
Throughout the late '60s and early '70s, the duo Milkwood Tapestry was
a mainstay on the New York City rock circuit, playing a variation of
music that equally looked to British Isle folk bands such as
Incredible String Band and Fairport Convention and to acid rock bands
the likes of the Jefferson Airplane and Jethro Tull for their
inspiration, somehow successfully pulling off an intriguing balancing
act between the two diametrically opposed styles.
Guitarist and songwriter Roland Antonelli, a Poughkeepsie native, had
long been involved with music in various capacities — studying
classical guitar and cello, then teaching and arranging music — when
he met New York City law student Joseph Ransohoff (also a music
student, in addition to his legal studies, learning voice and
recorder, as well as an amateur in musical theater since his teen
years) through an advertisement Ransohoff placed in the Village Voice
looking for an acoustic composer/songwriter as a potential partner.
Upon meeting, the aspiring singer gave the aspiring songwriter some
lyrics to take back to Poughkeepsie and within a week, Antonelli had
written two songs, essentially cementing the partnership. For a year,
the two alternated commuting to the other's home, working up songs,
before Antonelli finally moved to Manhattan to enable the new duo to
perform out. They began working coffee houses and clubs throughout the
New York area, eventually playing in an impressive list of venues
(Manhattan College, New York University, Café Au Go Go, the Village
Gate, the Electric Circus, etc.) with an equally impressive list of
main acts (Country Joe McDonald, Phil Ochs, Tim Hardin, Velvet
Underground, NRBQ). At one of their performances, they met Donovan's
manager who in turn arranged an audition for the pair before a group
of Metromedia record executives. They were signed on the spot and by
1969, Antonelli and Ransohoff had entered the studio to record
Milkwood Tapestry. With the release of the album, the group set off on
a tour of small colleges throughout the New York and New England
regions, even playing a concert at the Museum of Modern Art. The album
received positive notices from Billboard magazine, among others, and
led to a live performance on the Alex Bennett Show, one of the era's
top FM radio shows. By 1972, however, each member's musical tastes
had, proverbially, taken off into different directions, effectively
putting an end to Milkwood Tapestry. — Stanton Swihart
Sayonara !!
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gruppi come Country Joe & the Fish o i Velvet Underground, la
GearFab>ha ristampato
Anche te con la Gear Fab!
Tutti gruppi minori perdibilissimi...pfui!
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Caro transeunte,
"unte" saranno le tue trans :-)))
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Sayonara !!
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