PopMatters @ CMJ 2007
[25 October 2007]
ED ASKEW - Day 3 @ Cake Shop
"Talk about an uphill battle: it’s been some 30 years since uber-obscure freaky folkster Ed Askew graced a stage, and when he finally reemerges, his sole accompanist doesn’t show. Casting an affable, aged image, Askew takes the spotlight apologetically, explaining that his Dylan-rasp-to-the-nth-degree dirges require a tiple (an old-school troubadour’s instrument) that isn’t in the room. In an act of unimaginable bravery, the singer decides to up the dissonance (his voice is an acquired taste with accompaniment) stripping his songs bare in a capella performances supplemented with short harmonica fills. The result is an unsung legend at his most vulnerable—a hauntingly affecting troubadour gone epic in the face of adversity". (AP)
[25 October 2007]
ED ASKEW - Day 3 @ Cake Shop
"Talk about an uphill battle: it’s been some 30 years since uber-obscure freaky folkster Ed Askew graced a stage, and when he finally reemerges, his sole accompanist doesn’t show. Casting an affable, aged image, Askew takes the spotlight apologetically, explaining that his Dylan-rasp-to-the-nth-degree dirges require a tiple (an old-school troubadour’s instrument) that isn’t in the room. In an act of unimaginable bravery, the singer decides to up the dissonance (his voice is an acquired taste with accompaniment) stripping his songs bare in a capella performances supplemented with short harmonica fills. The result is an unsung legend at his most vulnerable—a hauntingly affecting troubadour gone epic in the face of adversity". (AP)
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