James jackson toth, aka wooden wand, has come a hell of a long way from the days when he made sparse, spooky, acousticbased freak folk records with the vanishing voice. What is the story behind the elder wand in harry potter. Januarys blood oaths of the new blues is filled with haunting psychfolk delicacies where wandering electric riffs underpin confessions from. Melissa lenhardt is the author of heresy, the sawbones historical fiction series, and the jack mcbride mystery series. Mcdonalds on the moon you might have lost track of wooden wand some years back. Luna is one of a handful of characters from harry potter who had more than one wand. The style of music recorded by toth and his many incarnations has drawn on a variety of both conventional and experimental folk and rock influences, including psychedelic folk, freak folk and indie.
Lal waterson teach me to be a summers morning reissue 10. If harry potter had kept the elder wand, would he have. Blood is a messy substance to clean up and can leave stains that are hard to remove no matter how much you scrub. Wooden wand is the stage name of singersongwriter james jackson toth, who has recorded under his given name as well as the name wand. Music profile for wooden wand, born 9 september 1978. Wooden wand guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics album from. If you encounter any issues with the viz, please try accessing it directly from my tableau page. Would harry potter have gone mad, had he kept the elder wand, the first, most famous of the three deathly hallows. Wooden wand blood oaths of the new blues commercial 2. I wrote about it when it came out at the beginning of the year, and it still remains an album im returning to. Like spiritual cousins nicos desertshore, peter hammils a black box, or dino valentes st solo album, blood oaths of the new blues represents a break with the past with an eye on an uncertain future, and is the boldest, most adventurous and most intensely personal album of toths long career.
The song is used as a medium, much like a fireside story, to explain a life. But on blood oaths of the new blues, wooden wands proper debut for british vanguard fire records, the sometimesarduous job of tracing toths stylistic shifts culminates in an album that captures. Woodenwand the leading online casinos, gambling and games guide, helping players win more. Following on the rather bombastic americana buoyancy of briarwood, blood oaths of the new blues is a dark simmer of road trip existentialism, country scented story. Wooden wand southern colorado song by fire records free. Coming off the ragged roots rock fury of 2011s briarwood, the everprolific james jackson toth, aka wooden wand, drops the volume and gets deeper into his own skull, twisting through barebones personal stories and conceptual americana head trips on the sprawling blood oaths of the new blues. However, this continuity does not result in sonic similarity. New albums from billie joe and norah, salt house, swearin, factory floor, british sea power again, small black, martin simpson, public service broadcasting, josephine foster, courtney barnett, burial, toy, disclosure, daniel avery, caveman and lisa knapp. Blood oaths of the new blues by wooden wand released in 20 via fire.
New albums from billie joe and norah, salt house, swearin, factory floor, british sea power again, small black, martin simpson, public service broadcasting, josephine foster, courtney barnett, burial, toy, disclosure, daniel avery, caveman and lisa. Wooden wand says swans frontman and head of young god records michael gira, james jackson toths got that picaresque quality that dylan had in his heyday, wherein the shambolic narrator undergoes various travails and epiphaniesharrowing, bleak and darkly comicalin the course of a narrative, then leaves you mystified, both smiling and sad. My character is a fetchling an outsider from the plane of shadow warlock, who tricked our hin rogue into swearing a blood oath to me to serve me. Wooden wand southern colorado song by fire records. Chordie is a search engine for finding guitar chords and guitar tabs. If you want luna lovegoods wand you might be surprised to see how many variations there are. Wooden wand james jackson toth, known to the world as wooden wand, is a maverick, goodhearted troubadour whose blend of smoky americana has been garnering plaudits for the last decade. The album to which outsider blues belongs, the awkwardly titled blood oaths of the new blues, is toths first to be recorded in the same studio with the same musicians as the record that preceded it. April 18, 2019 wand laughing matter 2019 april 29, 2018 wand perfume 2018 september 26, 2015 wand days 2015. Go buy wooden wands album blood oaths of the new blues. Kinda annoying from a melee standpoint to see wand after wand with unbelieveable dmgdly. During the last decade, james jackson toth has used the wooden wand handle and variations on it to release a mountain of barely.
Woodenwand most trusted online casinos, gambling and. James toth the sun shines brightly on the road to ruin 5. You can buy a traditional wand, an interactive wand, or even a handmade custom wand. For those inquiring about wand wanders people generally go ele wand builds because its much easier to get high dps wands and or scale your damage with the auras available. Blood oaths have been used to form a lifelong bond andor binding by a wide variety of pagan and heathen groups, mainstream religions, secret societies, warrior clans, criminal brotherhoods, and even between teacher and student in feudal. Her original wand was taken from her from the snatchers who kidnapped her so mr.
Blood oaths of the new blues is the fourteenth studio album by american musician wooden wand, aka james jackson toth. While modern contemporaries within the folk genre spin stories of love and loss with vivid imagery and emotional examples, wooden wand keeps everything a bit vaguer. Im not jealous, i understand that a wizard isnt going to do major dmg meleeing, but it just makes no sense that a frikkin wand does more physical melee dmg and has a better ratio than the 1hs off the emperor, or practically any non skpally 1hs for that. Toth has tried on lots of different outfits over the course of wooden wands. Wand born bad 2009, brownred marbled, vinyl discogs. Her debut mystery, stillwater, was a finalist for the 2014 whidbey writers mfa alumni emerging writers contest, and sawbones, her historical fiction debut, was hailed as a thoroughly original, smart and satisfying hybrid, perhaps a new sub. Jennifers gone laughing matter offers bits of fuzzy parable, travel diary, pep talk and lullaby, amid a joyous, eclectic sense of pastiche and. Dec 26, 2017 singersongwriter wooden wand aka james toth goes shopping at amoeba hollywood. The end of the year is upon us and a few late entries made it into the underwurld chart, some more recent than others. Dec 12, 2012 wooden wand each new album from the hands and mind of james jackson toth seems to expand his universe of downtrodden characters, wearyeyed lovers and in this case blood oaths. Blood oaths have been used to form a lifelong bond andor binding by a wide variety of pagan and heathen groups, mainstream religions, secret societies, warrior clans, criminal brotherhoods, and even between teacher and student in feudal japans martial ryu. From its beginnings in the late 60s to today, psychedelic folk has aimed to absorb, acknowledge, and update the past while meeting modern needs.
If you see something that is inaccurate or can be improved, dont ask that it be fixedjust improve it. Vinyl lp, album, limited edition brownred marbled country. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from jessica toth at the discogs marketplace. And yet somehow through it all, blood oaths for a new blues still remains an intensely personal album. It is the sound of a band celebrating a shared musical past as a means of marveling at the persistence of a real connection in the present. You may know the rules for cleaning blood out of fabric, but when an accident leaves a stain on your hardwood floor or wooden kitchen table, you obviously cant throw those materials into the washing machine. Leaving his enemy dead upon the floor, the oldest brother p. With 20 coming to a close, ive compiled another favorite albums list. Apr 10, 20 6 wooden wand blood oaths of the new blues while everyone else was waiting until a few weeks into the year to release their music, wooden wand was nice enough to throw me a bone with his album in early january.
Blood oaths of the new blues is the sunday morning wake and b. Jan 08, 20 but on blood oaths of the new blues, wooden wand s proper debut for british vanguard fire records, the sometimesarduous job of tracing toths stylistic shifts culminates in an album that captures. Includes unlimited streaming of blood oaths of the new blues via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Blood oaths of the new blues is the sunday morning wake and bake record to last years critically acclaimed briarwood lps saturday night. The prolific james jackson toth, working under the nomdetune wooden wand has released some 20plus albums over a handful of years. From its beginnings in the late 60s to today, psychedelic folk has aimed to absorb, acknowledge, and. Mar 27, 2015 go buy wooden wand s album blood oaths of the new blues. The elder wand started off according to the tale of the three brothers in the tales of beedle the bard, the three brothers suspected to be antioch, cadmus, and ignotus peverell were out travelling the world one day when they came to a treach. Roads to ruin by jenks miller james toth, released 19 april 2014 1. Mad monk mm007,people in a position to know piaptk038 format. Southern colorado song taken from the forthcoming album by wooden wand due out on 7 january europe8 january usa on fire records. Blood oaths of the new blues is a fascinating, often harrowing album that succeeds by being lonesome without sounding closed off, by both haunting and comforting us at the same time. Wooden wand toths law volume 2 27 august 2017 n score.
Unafraid to mix psychedelic workouts with sweet and soulful country, his varied and prolific output has resulted in a wealth of lyrically rich songs. A gradual but undeniable evolution occurred in toths work over the halfdecade or so preceding briarwoods release, with each wooden wand outing becoming an increasingly more visceral proposition. For as long as human beings have been able to make oaths, they have frequently used blood to seal them. Last year i published my 50 favorite albums and made note that i kept making my list longer every year. The easy answer is no, but fails to examine the root of the question. Wooden wand each new album from the hands and mind of james jackson toth seems to expand his universe of downtrodden characters, wearyeyed lovers and in this case blood oaths.
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