Stace England hails from southern Illinois in the Great American Midwest, and found his creative footing in Chicago during the early '90s with House Afire, one of the first country/roots bands in what was to become a very vibrant alt-country scene. House Afire enjoyed tremendous fan support, and released one album, "Progress" (Bigwood) in 1992.
England returned to the isolation of rural southern Illinois and recorded a project of aggressive folk material under the name Tecumseh, releasing the well-received "Bearings" (Union) in 1995. His next musical adventure was with the alt/slasher/country-rock outfit Jubilee Songbirds, which released the eclectic "Birds of North America" (Western Front) in 1997. England released his first solo record, "Peach Blossom Special" (Relay) in 1999, garnering Release of the Year honors from Midwest music publication Nightlife and other strong reviews. The driving power pop of his 2003 release, "Lovey Dovey ALL the Time" (Gnashville
Sounds), highlighted his extensive musical range and brought new fans into
the fold.
England's concept/historical album "Greetings From Cairo, Illinois" was a culmination of five years of research, hundreds of conversations and "countless hours of general hanging around" in what he describes as "the most fascinating town in America, bar none." The CD traces Cairo's history from 1858 to the present through the Civil War, lynchings, the blues years, civil rights struggles and spectacular decline. England is joined on the CD by top musicians from southern Illinois, Los Angeles and Nashville including alt-country legend Jason Ringenberg
of Jason and the Scorchers.
With 2007’s “Salt Sex Slaves” England, along with his
stellar core bandThe
Salt Kingstackled
another bizarre slice of unknown US history weaving true stories of brutal
salt production, slave breeding, kidnapped free blacks and murder in a
supposed Free State, the Land of Lincoln, into a volatile, provocative Exile
On Main St.-ish stew.
Stace England and The Salt Kings have now set their sights on the amazing
life story of Metropolis, Illinois born filmmaker Oscar Micheaux.
After leaving Little Egypt he spent time as a Pullman porter, traveling all
over the US and as far as South America. He then became the only African
American to homestead a farm near Gregory, South Dakota. In his isolation he
began to pen semi autobiographical novels, starting with The Conquest in
1913 and The Homesteader in 1917. A small, black owned movie studio
approached Micheaux about making the standard short film of the period based
on The Homesteader, he instead formed his own film company and wrote,
filmed, produced and directed the sprawling epic, The Homesteader in 1919.
It was a sensation in Chicago and other cities. Then, in a direct challenge
to D.W. Griffith's racially charged Birth of a Nation Micheaux released his
masterpiece, Within Our Gates in 1920. Audiences were stunned. The film
remained lost for almost 60 years until a single copy was discovered in
Spain in 1990. His triumph was the equivalent of making Citizen Kane without
any financial backing from Hollywood or other connected sources. Micheaux
bested Orson Wells in accomplishment, and by two plus decades, yet he is
virtually unknown to most Americans.
Their live Micheaux show will feature multimedia including clips from eight
of Micheaux’s available films.
Ole,
We're going to be playing at Booby's this Friday, the 16th, with Amo
Joy (creators of some massive-psychedelic-pop circusness) from
Indianapolis, and Drunk Virago.
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Loved your show at the Rome International Film Festival (Rome, Georgia that is). It was one of the high points of the festival. We are also digging the new album. Thanks for the autographs. Keep rockin'.
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Christian
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I know that many artists from North America don't have their music videos uploaded to German video websites. The most popular websites are MyVideo.de and ClipFish.de. That means your European audience does not have the chance to find them.
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Thanks
Christian
Editor & Journalist for Country Music Christian Lamitschka An der Pfingstweide 28 61118 Bad Vilbel Germany Phone: ++49 6101 544613 Mobil: ++49 171 6903352 Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de Info@CountryMusic-Magazin.de
Every time that we listen & write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... something is healing all over...
cada vez que escuchamos o escribimos musica... tocamos un instrumento... bailamos... o trabajamos en procesos de ingenieria de audio/imagen/video.... algo se sana por dentro...
Cuando lo compartimos con otros... algo se sana en todas partes...
El Amor puede conducir... de manera simple... todo...
Hey Stace. I know you're in the studio tonite, but I have a solo gig from 7pm-10pm @ Big Muddy Media Center for Art @ the Square. I'm playing amplified cello with vocals.