Browse by Artist: OLDHAM, WILL

Artist:	OLDHAM, WILL
Title:	Joya
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	DC 107CD

"Back from an extended tour of the wild, Will Oldham has delivered his second solo LP and his first new record since Arise Therefore in the Spring of 1996. Thought at the time to be Palace Music, Arise Therefore now sounds like the music of a man alone, departed from the brotherhood he knew forever. Joya however, finds him in good company...like the President Jimmy Carter, William Faulkner and other southerners before him, Oldham as seen his vision of a country unified go down in flames like so much fucking shit, and has had to beat a hasty retreat into obscurity and eventual delirium."

Artist:	OLDHAM, WILL
Title:	Guarapero:Lost Blues 2
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	DC 111CD

"What we really have here, beyond all brain-thumbing vanity, is a collection; or perhaps re-collection, of fan-pleasing rare and lost tunes, some of which have only been seen in bootleg (or 'pro-artist') format. Guarapero:Lost Blues 2 is for the pimply faced True Fan who waved the flag, carried the torch and bitched like a bitch over what he/she was/is entitled to in a Palace singles compilation. Now they and you can relive the Palace years (1991-1995) and the Oldham years (1996-2000) with total freaking recall. This one's for you -- now go screw."

Artist:	OLDHAM, WILL
Title:	Ode Music
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	CD
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	DC 183CD

"Ode Music is all instrumental (or 'silent music') recorded in Shelbyville, Kentucky by Paul Oldham. The songs were recorded and 'written' or made up, for a short feature movie called Ode, made by Kelly Reichardt (who previously made a low budget, well received movie called River Of Grass, which at present has some kind of cult following, we are told). Ode is a low-to-no-budget remake of the older Ode To Billy Joe movie, which is in turn based on the novel which was in turn, based on the song. The story of Ode has to do with a boy and girl in the South, each figuring something out about their own, primarily sexual, identity."

Artist:	OLDHAM, WILL
Title:	Seafarers Music
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	DC 261CD

"Seafarers is a feature-length documentary, shot in Rotterdam, the world's largest port. It follows four seafarers -- a Swede, a Polynesian, a Croat and a Nigerian -- each with their own incredible story -- as they wait to go back to sea. In a sailor's bar, men get drunk and play guitars, trying to enjoy their small amount of shore leave in the Port of Rotterdam -- an inhuman, futuristic landscape of refineries, burning gas and vast chemical tankers. Much to the delight of director Jason Massot, Will and crew produced a theme for each one of the sailors, evocative of their surroundings. We're delighted too -- 'silent'-music records from Will Oldham sell better than some people's 'loud'-music albums. So, everybody's happy -- except you landlubbers, of course. But you'll be happy soon enough -- once you get an earful of Seafarers Music. The latest in a series of (mostly) instrumental EPs from Will Oldham."

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