Drapeaux Rouges Des Enfants Perdus

“No More” by Changing Colors

from Ghost Of Red Mountain, released on Blank Tape Records

I met Conor Bourgal at my very first show upon arriving in Colorado; He and his twin brother Ian we’re opening up for Mimicking Birds at the Black Sheep in Colorado Springs. Conor was kind, soft-spoken and generous, taking the time to write down an overflowing list of Colorado musicians to investigate. He also gave me his e-mail, and allowed me access to the family of musicians that is Pueblo, CO’s Blank Tape Records.

After the show, we all piled into the green room below the venue and smoked weed together, my friends and I, The Changing Colors, Mimicking Birds, and Nate Lacy’s amazing aunt. We spoke of music, travel, love and loss, and it turned out to be the most overwhelmingly warm introduction to a new home I’ve ever had the good fortune to receive. Thank you, Conor. Thank you to everyone who was present that evening. Colorado is truly my home now.

This song, which closes out the album, is, by far, the shortest (both for the album itself, and for this zine). It is easily the most effecting single minute of music I’ve ever presented.

“Hallelujah” by Erika Ryann

I love Erika Ryann so goddamned much.

She is currently recording a solo LP, a covers LP and an EP of Deer Tick covers (as Erika Ryann Deermak). Here is the next cover to emerge, based on the version by Jeff Buckley (in turn, influenced by John Cale’s arrangement):

erikaryannsedmak:

Halleluja - Erika Ryann (original by Leonard Cohen)

Not perfect, very lo-fi - but that’s kind of why I like it

(Then go back and listen to that cover of Eli The Barrow Boy again)