live usually with frank floyd on wurlitzer and accordion, lately jay foote has joined us on the upright bass. when i'm lucky, greg mcmullen on the pedal steel. on recordings (and at very rare moments some of the following sometimes live. enough qualifiers there?) a whole mess of people... nathan wanta - vocal, wuritzer, mariee sioux - vocal, alela diane - vocal, madelyn burgess - vocal, bass, guitar, angel deradoorian - vocal, jolie holland - vocal, garrett pierce - guitar and vocal, gregory gheorghiu - vocal, alisa rose - fiddle, karl meyer - fiddle, angela webster - drums, elizabeth dotson-westphalen - trombone, sarah kramer - trumpet, chad king - pedal steel
Influences
horses, birds, movies, breece d'j pancake, bill monroe, gamelan, fugazi, gillian welch, steve earle, early david bowie, texas gladden, the daniel boone national forest, nina nastasia, arvo part, suzi pritchett, sacred harp, old regular baptists, little debbie
Sounds Like
MATT BAUER: Wasps and White Roses
the intersection of mountain banjo music and quiet indie folk
MATT BAUER: Nandina
alt country / americana with driving banjo, sleepy electric guitars, and intimate vocals.
Jolie Holland lends a hand on "Carve It Out", providing a vocal accompaniment to the expressive near-whispers of MATT BAUER, on the Wasps and White Roses EP (Crossbill), his follow up to the fine 2004 full-length, Nandina. These three originals, two instrumentals, and two traditional covers offer more of Bauer's hushed, nearly naked banjo and guitar, augmented with a smattering of piano and fiddle. This album's title says it all-this disc examines the intermeshed realities of our world, its natural workings of beauty and cruelty, most painfully examined in a creepy reworking of lullaby "All the Pretty Horses." - Skyscraper Magazine
"Carve It Out" unfolds like a mourner`s haiku. There is hushed solitude in the delivery of Matt Bauer`s haunting material, and this opening track - a duet with Jolie Holland - feels like a 100 year old still life from some remote Kentucky locale. Bauer`s core accompaniment is the banjo, mostly, played in such a way as to suggest authentic field recordings from ages ago. But his hushed, intimate delivery bridges the past with the immediate. When this 7-track EP has concluded you`ve felt transported by not only the chilling music but through his keen sense of lyrical imagery, both poetic and raw. Mariee Sioux is his vocalizing partner on the unhurried title track, and Nathan Wanta on the more uplifting final track, "Poor Robin". There are two traditional numbers, including "Heap Of Little Horses", which he sings as though it were the final lullaby. Wasps And White Roses will surely hit the mark if you find Richard Buckner and the Welch/Rawlings duo to your liking. - Miles of Music
Don't hate Bay Area singer-songwriter Matt Bauer because he looks like a lost, somewhat menacing member of Neurosis. Hate him because he's so damn good: the Kentucky native's 2004 disc, Nandina , was frickin' amazing, and his latest EP, Wasps and White Roses , featuring Jolie Holland, is equally excellent. Nick Drake, Iron and Wine's Sam Beam, and all ye guitarsmiths, look out. -San Francisco Bay Guardian, Kimberly Chun
...honestly?....honestly....? (in voice) : i'd really like to take the....Tiiiiime...to really refleeeeeect on all our mhhheeemories togheeeeeether....
I can tell that your airplane didn't crash by looking at your last login... unless they have the supertube in heaven. If so, godbless. We miss your 'voice' pretty bad.
Hi Matt, wonderful music here! I especially love your Sea Lion Woman. It was also a great performance in Brussels with Alela and the Go_Tell choir. We'll be in NYC between the 7th and 13th of June. If you are able to join one of our performances it would be lovely. Let me know! Ciao, Gregory
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The Island Moved In The Storm is really great, I must say I almost cried... ;-) Come on, we'll find you a distribution in France... We'll talk business tomorrow, ha ha ha... cheers to the whole crew...
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