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HOWE GELB \/ CHARLOTTE GREIG<\/p>\n
THE GLOBE<\/p>\n
SUNDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER<\/p>\n
TICKETS\u00a0 \u00a39.50 Adv \/ \u00a311 On the Door<\/p>\n
Gelb is a real one off and the chance to see him perform solo is going to be a treat not to be missed.\u00a0 His back catalogue of over 40 albums have been recorded under a myriad of pseudonums, Giant Sand, Band of Blacky Ranchette, Arizona Amp and Alternator and OP8 to name just a handful, and he\u2019s also responsible for throwing together the creative pairing of Joey Burns and John Convertino.\u00a0 As two former Giant Sand members, they went on to form Mariachi tinged, spaghetti Western outfit, Calexico during a \u2018break\u2019 from their duties with said band.<\/p>\n
Through probably best described as fitting in to the Americana tradition of songwriting, Gelb\u2019s never stuck to one sound, band or instrument.\u00a0 He\u2019s just as likely to be battling with some Cross-grained guitar squawks and feedback as to be foot tapping along to a country blues tune that sounds far older than its writer.\u00a0 Take, for example the live shows of 2000 where looped walkman recordings of previous gigs were layered in to his performance and then 2006s Sno\u2019 Angel album which was recorded with a 10 piece gospel choir.\u00a0 He doesn\u2019t sit still and he doesn\u2019t do the same thing twice.\u00a0 Most recent (sixteenth) Giant Sand album, Provisions features collaborations with Neko Case, Isobel Campbell and M. Ward.<\/p>\n
Despite the varying incarnations there is always something inherently solid, grounded and familiar in the music Gelb produces.\u00a0 Even though on first listen some tracks (and even whole albums) sound like sketches or outlines of an idea, you\u2019d be mistaken if you took this to be a slapdash approach. Far from that, it\u2019s more that the recordings are a snap shop moment of that point in time.\u00a0 What could be seen as flaws in the music are actually where the appeal for his music comes from and this is in his open and unabashed baring of his music and lyrics.<\/p>\n
Recommended tracks :<\/p>\n
Giant Sand’s cover of Neil Young’s Music Arcade<\/em> and Howe Gelb’s The Farm<\/em> and Neon Filler<\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/howegelb<\/a><\/p>\n Check these videos out:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iw36XqeGi5I<\/a> (giant sand \u2013 shiver)<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n-ZK2LC9Uko<\/a> (giant sand \u2013 yer ropes)<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9T-HZRRuoJQ<\/a> (giant sand \u2013 remote)<\/p>\n