James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg’s All Gist, the long awaited follow-up to 2015’s Ambsace, is out today, streaming and in shops worldwide. As they titled the penultimate song, “All Gist Could Be Yours”!
James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg release “Death Wishes to Kill,” the second single off their forthcoming and third album of guitar duets, All Gist, out April 12th via Paradise of Bachelors. “Death Wishes to Kill” follows the release of the duo’s acoustic version of Neneh Cherry’s “Buffalo Stance,” which “cleverly builds on the guitar licks that propel the original, and trades Cherry’s dance floor rhythm for a toe-tapping country swing” (WNYC’s New Sounds).
Today is the day—Truckload of Art publication day and, aptly, also the first day of spring. You can find the hardcover—which is stunning, with both b&w and color image inserts—as well as the ebook and audiobook (author Brendan Greaves reads four chapters, with Jason Culp adeptly handling the rest) at your favorite booksellers. Join Brendan and friends—including the Allens in Austin—at upcoming book events.
Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen, the authorized (and the first-ever) biography of the internationally acclaimed visual artist and iconoclastic musician by Brendan Greaves of Paradise of Bachelors, is out via Hachette Books in just four days, on March 19. On the occasion of its imminent publication, we have released two archival Terry Allen EPs of rare and unheard early recordings. Both Gonna California and Cowboy and the Stranger are now streaming worldwide. Read on to listen, to purchase the book or one of the few remaining copies of the special limited-edition 7″, to read some recent press, and to RSVP for free book tour events in NC, DC, PA, NY, and TX, including a special Austin library concert.
The duo’s album of instrumental guitar recordings pushes their sinuous compositions into labyrinthine new shapes, interlocking and interlocutory, supported by a cast of stellar collaborators. Interwoven among the dazzling original pieces is a fascinating array of covers, ranging from traditional Breton dance tunes to a deconstruction of Neneh Cherry’s monumental “Buffalo Stance,” which you can hear today.
Itasca’s stunning new album, her first in nearly five years, is out today, streaming and in shops worldwide. Get 25% off her last two records with coupon code EASYSPIRIT.
See Allen’s artwork at the Frieze Los Angeles art fair, catch the Panhandle Mystery Band in concert two nights at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and attend two Truckload of Art book events.
Preorder Terry Allen’s archival Gonna California and Cowboy and the Stranger EPs along with a signed copy of the Allen biography Truckload of Art. Today’s Rainbow Is Tomorrow’s Tamale shirts are back!
Truckload of Art is the definitive, authorized biography of Terry Allen, the internationally acclaimed visual artist and iconoclastic musician whose work bridges the disparate worlds of contemporary art and country music. Out March 19, 2024 via Hachette Books.
Itasca advances into rockier terrain, with Kayla Cohen’s most smolderingly electric guitar-forward recordings yet. Pre-order Imitation of War, out February 9, and watch the video for title track now.
