Dave Soldier is perhaps, slightly crazy, ok probably more than slightly. As evidence I offer his work with the Thai Elephant Orchestra in which a group of elephants improvises on giant musical instruments. But, there is always a but, his collaboration with Sam Bennet, Dog, Mark Feldman, Jonathan Kane and Lorrette Velvette as the Kropotkins is wonderful folky american music. It leaves me with a feeling of the dirty south. This record has a sense of humor without sounding like a comedy album (good cheap transportation). Covering ground everywhere from Bukka Whites "Parchman farm" to a vedic text from 3000 B.C. I believe is based on the 129th hymn of the 10th Mandala of the Rig veda. It is about the origins of the universe. This has been and will continue to be a favorite.
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