Entourage Music And Theatre Ensemble
Release Date: 22 May 2020
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Special
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 093073387017
Genres: Americana Experimental
Description
An epigraph to the liner notes of The Neptune Collection, the second album by The Entourage Music & Theater Ensemble, reads, "We are a group flexible in size and temperament. Our purpose is to create original works in a collective manner. We utilize music, dance, poetry, and theatre skills." Plainly stated, this dictum represents the core of the dynamic, multi-medium approach the group employed in the mid-70s when the album was recorded. The music on The Neptune Collection traces through-lines between jazz, folk music, and various forms of traditional music from around the world, and is a precursor to the expansive sounds of Six Organs of Admittance, Bill Orcutt, and Sun City Girls. This is curious music, lithe and free, but endlessly listenable.
Tracklisting
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
Various Artists: Mike Seeger
Joseph Spence
Dom Flemons
Elizabeth Cotten
Sunny Jain
Various Artists
Gordan
Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith
Nurse With Wound
Mieko Shimizu
Filax Stael
The Residents
Fernando Perdomo and Matt Tecu
Bill Gould / Jared Blum
