Freedays, by Tall Tall Trees

Freedays

by Tall Tall Trees

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Grant Blankenship This is an astonishing technical achievement. It's also emotionally resonant for anyone who has done something - marriage, a life's work, living in general - long enough to have run their boat aground. This could pull you back to the channel. So much color and life..... Favorite track: CLC.

Josh Whelchel We've arrived.
Nuclear Artisty meets the banjo in ways that words alone can not describe.
Some day, when we look back at music, we will remember Tall Tall Trees as a singular cosmic force of musical achievement. Favorite track: Free Days.

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1.	Backroads 05:36	buy track
2.	A Place To Call Your Own 03:35	buy track
3.	Being There 03:38	buy track
4.	CLC 03:50	buy track
5.	Lost In Time 05:03	buy track
6.	SeagullxEagle 02:45	buy track
7.	The Riverbend 03:12	buy track
8.	So Predictable 04:23	buy track
9.	Free Days 03:44	buy track

about

To say that Mike Savino is an innovator would be an understatement. Touring under the moniker Tall Tall Trees, the banjo-wielding bard has reshaped the landscape of what is possible with the instrument. On stage and in studio, Savino breaks down the banjo into its most basic iteration, reminding audiences that the banjo is, at root, a drum. Coupled with his mastery of electronic effects, loops, toy ray guns, and heaps of spontaneous creativity, Tall Tall Trees has been encapsulating audience members worldwide with his mystifying solo shows, as well as playing alongside fellow innovator Kishi Bashi.

His latest album Freedays is, in a way, his debut album. Having recorded two previous albums in a traditional collaborative band setting, Freedays is the first album Savino wrote and recorded as a solo project. Beginning in 2015, Savino took a much-needed respite from New York City, where he had spent a decade and a half honing his craft, and assumed the role of sole caretaker at an abandoned health retreat nestled in the green mountains of northern Georgia. The Bird’s Nest, as it was called, completely surrounded by national forest, provided the freedom and space to work without time constraints or interruption.

Composed and recorded over a period of eight months, Freedays tells the story of a man in transition and documents an artist alone at the crossroads of the life he has and the one he wants. The album begins with “Backroads”, which drops the listener into a darkened forest amidst a chorus of wailing coyotes and quickly takes off on a midnight drive. Tracks like “Being There”, “A Place to Call Your Own”, and “CLC” provide an honest look into the author’s thought process and decision making. Although it’s often hard to imagine, most of the sounds on the album are experiments with the banjo, and they all reflect the innovative musings of one of the freshest sounds to come out of the Appalachians in decades.

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released February 17, 2017

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Tall Tall Trees Asheville, North Carolina

The man behind Tall Tall Trees is Mike Savino, a pioneer in the the world of experimental and psychedelic banjo music. Often performing solo, Savino’s modern take on the one-man band involves running his homemade instrument, dubbed the "Banjotron 5000" through a slab of effects and loopers, bowing, drumming, and strumming out multi-textured arrangements to support his lyrically driven songs. ... more

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shows

Jul 08

WonderStruck Festival

Cleveland, OH
Jul 08

Lakeland Community College

Kirtland, OH
Jul 09

Tellus 360

Lancaster, PA
Jul 12

Purple Fiddle

Thomas, WV
Jul 12

City Winery - Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA
Jul 13

Purple Fiddle

Thomas, WV
Jul 14

Purple Fiddle

Thomas, WV
Jul 15

Clementine Cafe

Harrisonburg, VA
Aug 03

Avlfest

Asheville, NC

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