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The Wyld Olde Souls

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  • Genre: Folk Rock / Progressive / Psychedelic

    Location NEW YORK, Un

    Profile Views: 34865

    Last Login: 5/30/2012

    Member Since 1/16/2008

    Website www.wyldoldesouls.com

    Record Label My Generation Productions

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Ensoulment is now available on CD & MP3 from iTunes, Amazon and CD Baby. www.reverbnation.com/thewyldoldesouls https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wyld-Olde-Souls/275536312708 http://twitter.com//WyldOldeSouls Meshing medieval and Indian music with a passion for late 60s British folk rock, The Wyld Olde Souls are a female-fronted psychedelic folk band from New York City. In June 2011, they released a full-length album "Ensoulment" (My Generation Productions), which has already received several 5-star reviews. Their 6-song debut "Poems From the Astral Plane" (Parallel World, 2000) gained a cult status among European collectors of the femme folk psych genre. In addition to fervent reviews from abroad describing the band as "mysterious," "bewitching," "classy," "magical," and "transcendent," the CD is endorsed by Tom Rapp, founder of Pearls Before Swine, who said, "It's good to see that someone is still exploring folk and psychedelia and doing it so well." The Wyld Olde Souls recently shared the stage with Grammy winner Roberta Flack at the New York Celebrates George Harrison Concert, produced by Flower Power Creative and Sid Bernstein (the man who brought The Beatles to America). Steve Marinucci from the Examiner.com called The Wyld Olde Souls "a very intriguing quintet of vocalists & instrumentalists who definitely take top honors for originality." Reverb Nation selected The Wyld Olde Souls as their Featured Artist of the Week, putting them in the Indie Spotlight. "The Wyld Olde Souls combine folk, rock, progressive and Celtic music into their musical pot 'o' gold with sweet enchanting vocals to grab you instantaneously and leave a lasting impression." (Muzikreviews.com) They have performed at Drom, Webster Hall, Arlene's Grocery, Maxwells, CBGBs Gallery, Gaslight, Pagan Odyssey Festival, and more. The Wyld Olde Souls: Ivy Vale (lead vocals, guitar, hand percussion), Rick Reil (vocals, guitar, electric sitar), Melissa Davis (vocals, hand percussion), Kristin Pinell Reil (vocals, flute, guitar, mandolin), and Naren Budhakar (tablas). Rick Reil and Kristin Pinell Reil are also members of the critically acclaimed NJ psychedelic power pop band The Grip Weeds (Rainbow Quartz/Wicked Cool Records). Naren Budhakar has studied with tabla maestro Samir Chatterji and performed with Terry Riley, Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan, Alms for Shanti, and La Monte Young. .. ..Here are some of the things nice people have said about us:. "Female psychedelic folk rock band from New York with lush new album, their first for over ten years. A very (very) mellow psych-folk sound, an easy on the ear Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Fairport Convention, Crosby Still & Nash of a band for those sunny mellow laid back harmonised moments. Three female voices leading the harmonies, male voices, electric sitars, electric/acoustic guitars, flutes, mandolins, tablas, they do it all with a very easy, very full-bodied, lush sense of refined style." - Organ Magazine (UK) "Not since the days when Donovan told tales of Sunshine Supermen has this kind of music been presented in such a spectacular manner. While many psychedelic/folk acts could usually muster one or two decent songs per album, The Wyld Olde Souls' "Ensoulment" is 14 tracks of well-crafted and crisply produced ataractic goodness. "Ensoulment" possesses the pacing of a great rock record, but with fresh instrumentation that never leaves the listener fatigued. From a vocal standpoint, the Wyld Olde Souls are truly blessed. Along with the full, rich delivery of lead vocalist Ivy Vale, every member of the band (minus Budhaker) is a gifted singer in his or her own right. The ocean of harmonies propels tracks, such as "Wyld Maiden" and "Anything," into Crosby, Stills and Nash proportions." - Kinston.com (5 out of 5 Stars) "This band's sound, reminiscent of sixties folk music, has produced folk majesties such as the song "Anything." It is about wanting someone more than anything and that someone has no idea you even exist. The words, "I would've done anything, but you couldn't spare the time," are quite easy to identify with. The lyrics, vocals, and music on this album are all at such a high level; why the band waited so long to release a second album is beyond me. I hope they do not wait another decade or so to release a third album." -Muzikreviews.com (5 out of 5 stars) "I was very impressed by how great the music sounded and how well Wyld Olde Souls sing. This is a great album to listen to if you like 1960s psychedelic folk music." - I Am Entertainment Magazine "The Wyld Olde Souls are perhaps NYC's best-kept secret. The band's lyrics are often romantic and whimsical, offering a welcome respite from the angst and anger in much of today's pop music, while the lush, layered instrumentation on the album – which includes flute, orchestral strings and mellotron – solidifies The Wyld Olde Souls as a band that expertly takes the act of homage into the realm of a truly unique, original sound." -TheWorleyGig.com "One of the most outstanding releases coming out of the coffee house circuit is the debut EP "Poems from the Astral Plane" by the Wyld Olde Souls who combine Celtic fairytale atmospheres, '60's folk psychedelia and exotic instrumentation (sitar, tablas, balalaika, tamboura, etc.) into 6 fragile but delightful folk songs, right out of Lewis Carroll's fantasy world. If this is a forerunner of a full-length album release we're in for a real folk MONSTER!" -Crohinga Well, Belgium .."If Contemporary Renaissance was a category, that is where you would find Wyld Olde Souls. The female harmonies and plucked string performances, along with some heavy, ancient war drum percussion, create a mystic and magical folk sound. The vocals reminded me a bit of the Murmurs, for those who are familiar with their music. True to their CD Title, it seems these Olde Souls are operating on an Astral Plane, and the results are a treat." - Just Plain Folks, USA .."New York's Wyld Olde Souls appear to have drifted in from a similar astral plane to our old friends Mary Jane: haunting ethereal mystical folk music led by female chant-song as atmospheric as a moth caught under a flickering gaslight on a stormy night and simply resonating with psychedelic Celtic harmony. 12-string guitars, flutes, bells, windchimes, mandolin, and tamboura accompany the medieval imagery: the strongest cut's a cover ('The Sun God'), but the band, who count three members of the Grip Weeds amongst their number, are more than capable of turning out some pretty fair melodies themselves as 'The Tower' and the opening 'Arrival', (very Steeleye Span, that one), amply demonstrate." - The Ptolemaic Terrascope, UK .."This record has strong images, some scary percussion, and sounds that range from whispers to windchimes. It's good to see that someone is still exploring folk and psychedelia and doing it so well." - Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine .."Their songs are some peaceful poems, a wind of feelings that give to the air the perfume of old centuries." - Zoopa Loop, France .."Delicious vocal harmonies assisting fresh folk melodies. Breezes of intense medieval spirituality and psychedelic threads woven with the exotic fibers of ancient popular instruments, a potion gently stirred by expert female hands and infused into the six songs of a very particular mini-album, which comes from New York but has a definite scent of England." - Rockarilla, Italy .."THE WYLD OLDE SOULS would come under the category of Celtic folk/psych, but then again, I try to shy away from categories, as they are so restrictive and rarely descriptive. This group is the kind who rule because they defy such pigeonholing by the mere depth of what they do. To me, one of the most striking things a band can do is to create an atmosphere and transport the willing listener to a place far from the physical space they're in. THE WYLD OLDE SOULS do this on this 6-song, nearly 25 min private release. Their use of folk and rock instruments can't be denied, but that's where the typical is left behind. It's left far in the background as you're lifted into a wonderful realm of the ethereal, the music and sincere Pagan lyrics opening up vistas of ancient sunlight, woodlands and calming nature. Most beautiful and powerful is the concluding trilogy of "The Tower," "The Oracle" and "The Sun God," bringing a heightening to not only one's senses of hearing, but all the others as well in a rich serenade of transcendence." - Chaos Realm, Germany
  • Members

    Ivy Vale, Rick Reil, Melissa Davis, Kristin Pinell Reil, Naren Budhakar...............
  • Influences

    Pentangle, Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention, Queen, Beatles, Donovan, Loreena McKennitt, Anonymous 4, polyphonic medieval chants, Ravi Shankar, Tim Buckley, Mellow Candle, Trees, Kaleidoscope (UK), David Crosby, Cat Stevens, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Nick Drake, Dusty Springfield, All About Eve, Red Chair Fadeaway, Renaissance, Incredible String Band, Arthur Lee & Love, Moby Grape, The Youngbloods, Mellow Candle, Pearls Before Swine, Simon Dupree & the Big Sound, Fairfield Parlour, Elton John, countless obscure '60s psychedelic & garage bands, UK folk psych 60s & 70s, 12th century courtly love songs, traditional Japanese koto music, Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds, CSNY, Vince Martin & Fred Neil, Trance Planet, The Wicker Man, Harold and Maude, Groucho Marx, Alan Watts, Plato, Socrates, Paramahansa Yogananda, art nouveau, the Victorian era, the pre-Raphaelites, the Universe. Peacock feathers, full moons, the ocean, everyone in velvet, Japanese woodblocks, hand fans, silver, antique lingerie, Big Sur, waterlillies, the Geisha, high tea, Shakespearean theater, hand drums, belly dancers, ragas, stained glass windows, castles, ice cream. The Mighty Boosh.
  • Sounds Like

    Psychedelic folk meets 12th century courtly love songs in a forest made of peacock feathers, velvet and innuendo. .. ..

Bio:

Here are some of the things nice people have said about us:

"Not since the days when Donovan told tales of Sunshine Supermen has this kind of music been presented in such a spectacular manner. While many psychedelic/folk acts could usually muster one or two decent songs per album, The Wyld Olde Souls’ “Ensoulment” is 14 tracks of well-crafted and crisply produced ataractic goodness. "Ensoulment” possesses the pacing of a great rock record, but with fresh instrumentation that never leaves the listener fatigued. From a vocal standpoint, the Wyld Olde Souls are truly blessed. Along with the full, rich delivery of lead vocalist Ivy Vale, every member of the band (minus Budhaker) is a gifted singer in his or her own right. The ocean of harmonies propels tracks, such as “Wyld Maiden” and “Anything,” into Crosby, Stills and Nash proportions." -kinston.com (5 out of 5 stars) "This band's sound, reminiscent of sixties folk music, has produced folk majesties such as the song "Anything." The lyrics, vocals and music on this album are all at such a high level; why the band waited so long to release a second album is beyond me." -Muzikreviews.com (5 out of 5 stars) "The Wyld Olde Souls are perhaps NYC’s best-kept secret. The band’s lyrics are often romantic and whimsical, offering a welcome respite from the angst and anger in much of today’s pop music, while the lush, layered instrumentation on the album – which includes flute, orchestral strings and mellotron – solidifies The Wyld Olde Souls as a band that expertly takes the act of homage into the realm of a truly unique, original sound." - TheWorleyGig.com "A very mellow psych folk sound, an easy on the ear Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Fairport Convention, Crosby Stills and Nash of a band for those sunny, mellow, laid-back harmonised moments. They do it all with a very easy, very full-bodied, lush sense of refined style." - Organ Magazine (UK) "One of the most outstanding releases coming out of the coffee house circuit is the debut EP "Poems from the Astral Plane" by the Wyld Olde Souls who combine Celtic fairytale atmospheres, '60's folk psychedelia and exotic instrumentation (sitar, tablas, balalaika, tamboura, etc.) into 6 fragile but delightful folk songs, right out of Lewis Carroll's fantasy world. If this is a forerunner of a full-length album release we're in for a real folk MONSTER!" -Crohinga Well, Belgium

"If Contemporary Renaissance was a category, that is where you would find Wyld Olde Souls. The female harmonies and plucked string performances, along with some heavy, ancient war drum percussion, create a mystic and magical folk sound. The vocals reminded me a bit of the Murmurs, for those who are familiar with their music. True to their CD Title, it seems these Olde Souls are operating on an Astral Plane, and the results are a treat." - Just Plain Folks, USA

"New York's Wyld Olde Souls appear to have drifted in from a similar astral plane to our old friends Mary Jane: haunting ethereal mystical folk music led by female chant-song as atmospheric as a moth caught under a flickering gaslight on a stormy night and simply resonating with psychedelic Celtic harmony. 12-string guitars, flutes, bells, windchimes, mandolin, and tamboura accompany the medieval imagery: the strongest cut's a cover ('The Sun God'), but the band, who count three members of the Grip Weeds amongst their number, are more than capable of turning out some pretty fair melodies themselves as 'The Tower' and the opening 'Arrival', (very Steeleye Span, that one), amply demonstrate." - The Ptolemaic Terrascope, UK

"This record has strong images, some scary percussion, and sounds that range from whispers to windchimes. It's good to see that someone is still exploring folk and psychedelia and doing it so well." - Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine

"Their songs are some peaceful poems, a wind of feelings that give to the air the perfume of old centuries." - Zoopa Loop, France

"Delicious vocal harmonies assisting fresh folk melodies. Breezes of intense medieval spirituality and psychedelic threads woven with the exotic fibers of ancient popular instruments, a potion gently stirred by expert female hands and infused into the six songs of a very particular mini-album, which comes from New York but has a definite scent of England." - Rockarilla, Italy

"THE WYLD OLDE SOULS would come under the category of Celtic folk/psych, but then again, I try to shy away from categories, as they are so restrictive and rarely descriptive. This group is the kind who rule because they defy such pigeonholing by the mere depth of what they do. To me, one of the most striking things a band can do is to create an atmosphere and transport the willing listener to a place far from the physical space they're in. THE WYLD OLDE SOULS do this on this 6-song, nearly 25 min private release. Their use of folk and rock instruments can't be denied, but that's where the typical is left behind. It's left far in the background as you're lifted into a wonderful realm of the ethereal, the music and sincere Pagan lyrics opening up vistas of ancient sunlight, woodlands and calming nature. Most beautiful and powerful is the concluding trilogy of "The Tower," "The Oracle" and "The Sun God," bringing a heightening to not only one's senses of hearing, but all the others as well in a rich serenade of transcendence." - Chaos Realm, Germany

Member Since:

January 16, 2008

Members:

Ivy Vale, Rick Reil, Melissa Davis, Kristin Pinell, Naren Budhakar.....

Influences:

Pentangle, Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention, Queen, Beatles, Donovan, Loreena McKennitt, Anonymous 4, polyphonic medieval chants, Ravi Shankar, Tim Buckley, Mellow Candle, Trees, Kaleidoscope (UK), David Crosby, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Nick Drake, Mellow Candle, Dusty Springfield, All About Eve, Red Chair Fadeaway, Renaissance, Incredible String Band, Arthur Lee & Love, Moby Grape, The Youngbloods, Pearls Before Swine, Simon Dupree & the Big Sound, Fairfield Parlour, Elton John, countless obscure '60s psychedelic & garage bands, UK folk psych 60s & 70s, 12th century courtly love songs, traditional Japanese koto music, Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds, CSNY, Vince Martin & Fred Neil, Trance Planet, The Wicker Man, Harold and Maude, Groucho Marx, Alan Watts, Plato, Socrates, Paramahansa Yogananda, art nouveau, the Victorian era, the pre-Raphaelites, the Universe. Peacock feathers, full moons, The Mighty Boosh, the ocean, everyone in velvet, Japanese woodblocks, hand fans, silver, antique lingerie, Big Sur, waterlillies, the Geisha, high tea, Shakespearean theater, hand drums, belly dancers, ragas, stained glass windows, castles, ice cream.

Sounds Like:

Psychedelic folk meets 12th century courtly love songs in a forest made of peacock feathers, velvet and innuendo.....

Record Label:

My Generation Productions

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  • Morellato & The Jewels

    I've already seen the video many times! By the way, the telecaster solo is awesome! Sorry, I don't use facebook but I keep on following you on you tube.
    Thanks, Claudio.

    11 months ago
  • Morellato & The Jewels

    "Leave Her" Another wonderful songs of yours! I really enjoy it. Great voice and tasty arrangements as ever!
    Claudio (your devote fan)

    11 months ago
  • Captain Space Clown

    Cosmic greetings

    11 months ago
  • Catherine Duc

    Hi all,

    Thanks for your update and hope you have a good week :)

    11 months ago
  • Morellato & The Jewels

    Just saw your  "Gallow's Pole"video! Incredible version of one of my all-time favourite songs! Really exciting to see you performing live! I love this band!

    1 year ago
  • Giuliani Claudio

    hey hey
    I send you italian review


    all the best
    rev.Claude

    1 year ago
  • Giuliani Claudio

    hey hey
    I like your cd

     THE WILD OLDE SOULS                                                                       “ENSOULMENT”                                                             E' una band  fuori dal tempo, folli folletti metropolitani riaffiorati dalle brume dei tempi perduti nei meandri della memoria, arrivano da New York e sono portatori di fascinose sonorità che profumano di memorie hippy, che echeggiano passioni per il british folk dei sixteen, i Beatles più lisergici, per le musiche medioevali e indiane, le filosofie trascendentali, il flower power. In sostanza è una immaginaria congiuntura enigmatica di rock, folk, progressive, celtic, sballi & armonie vocali e barlumi di catechesi cosmica del continente indiano.Chiariamo subito che quelle che andiamo ad ascoltare sono suggestive risonanze che non sanno di passatismo o di nostalgico rimpianto del passato, ma che si presentano all’esame con l’avida ambizione di disseppellire il fuoco che alimentava lo spirito dell’era dell’innocenza; non è culto del tempo andato: semmai è la voglia di riscoprire la magnificenza della libertà di giocare e di sperimentare che alimentava le ribollenti menti giovani prima che l’ottusità reazionaria di un inarticolato mondo adulto in bianco e nero, perbenista e conformista, le sacrificasse sui criminali altari planetari del tornaconto… ma questa è storia e sociologia che potrebbe occupare intere enciclopedie; noi invece ci avviamo a parlare della bramosia suonante, nutrita da uno spirito libertario, che nuota nei suoni di questo cd. Quattordici tracce: sessantaquattro minuti e mezzo che ci accompagnano in un viaggio metafisico plasmato da flussi lisergici e mistiche suggestioni oniriche, metteteci i Jefferson di Surrealistic Pillow, gli Incredibile String Band e il Donovan di Sunshine Superman, i Kaleidoscope di Beacon From Mars e un po’ di Mamas & Papas e C.S.N.&Y. (versante Crosby). E’ un magico variopinto mondo, atmosfere ipnotiche e sogni psichedelici in song come Where there is light con le tablas e i flauti che battono alla porta o nei meandri della suadente My lost way e della peregrinante I talk to the wind.
    I Wild Olde Souls sono composti da Ivy Vale (lead vocal, guitar), Rick Reil (vocals, acoustic/electric 6&12 lead guitar, bouzouki, electric sitar), Melissa Davis (vocals), Kristin Pinell Reil (vocals, flute, guitar, mandolin) e da Naren Budhakar (tablas). Tra le varie songs, Anything, è una delle mie preferite, psichedelica e spaziale con belle chitarre e atmosfere affascinanti, stessa cosa dicasi per l’incantevole Give it to you e la gentile Take me there mentre le chitarre nell’intro di Love in transition  mi rimandano a certe cose di John Fahey, poi sfondo di percussioni e flauti ambigui. Maybe, Undertow, l’ecclesiastica Worn out  e i miraggi solari di Leave her sono nuvole di magica trascendenza, portatrici di un emotivo sogno dell’amore universale.
    Un suono fuori dal tempo che risulta essere straordinariamente fatato e miracolosamente innovativo 
     
    Claudio Giuliani                                           ©   2011

    1 year ago
  • OdenYoung

     Thanks for joining us here on myspace too! Still lovin' that music!!  Join us on facebook too...?  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oden-Young/251883768156431?sk=app_2405167945

    1 year ago
  • Tom Acton

    'The wind has bundled up the the clouds high over Knocknarea
    Greetings,
    Tom Acton
    Dublin'

    1 year ago
  • Garrett Thor

    hello yall come to amrillo tx k talk to the rock108 guy in ask hem if yall could do concert. 

    1 year ago
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