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  • Using a phone as a banjo pickup

    Using a phone as a banjo pickup

    Chrissy soldered a mic wire onto an old phone receiver – and it sounds great on vocals – but more recently Tim’s been experimenting with using it to pick up banjo and sent it through pedals. Here’s how it sounds in action – running the banjo input an Empress Reverb and Echosystem in this video,…

  • The saw!

    The saw!

    The saw might just be the most musical tool out there and one of the most attention-grabbing folk instruments ever. Here’s Chrissy demonstrating at a rehearsal. Bowing the saw sets it vibrating, which makes a musical tone, a little like rubbing a wet finger over the edge of a glass. Then by bending the blade,…

  • Which side are you on?

    Which side are you on?

    Here’s a half-silly video for May Day, more the International Worker’s Day, though the pagan nature festival stuff’s great too. The song’s “Which Side Are You On?” which written by Florence Reece in 1931, after anti-union thugs terrorized her family during the Harlan County War. (Stick around to the end to see her sing it)…

  • Tunnelfest strikes back!

    Tunnelfest strikes back!

    We are sooo stoked for this show next Saturday! Come join us in a tunnel for some sweet, sweet music from Oddeline, Sarah Howard, Robin kenny and us – Wychwood. We can’t decide what’s better getting to see all of you again or the chance to see the musicians we’re so lucky to be sharing…

  • Happy Easter

    Happy Easter

    Happy spring fertility festival, here’s a song that has something to do with the death and rebirth of a Middle Eastern sun deity. (Some of his followers have sure been misguided, but we can probably agree faith in him has inspired some pretty good music.) That’s true pal Evelyne on loud cello and quiet vocals…