| As poet, pilgrim, progenitor of wyrd-folk and maestro of Birch Book (and formerly In Gowan Ring), B'ee has developed a homespun sonic tapestry with peculiar richness of vision; recording over ten full length albums and performing throughout North America & Europe in veritable itinerant fashion.* | |||
‘Birch Book’ marks an evolution in sound away from the overtly psychedelic towards a simpler, highly effective, direct song based approach, reflecting the distillations of a perennial rambler, reckoning a road less traveled. |
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As well as composing the original material for In Gowan Ring, B'eirth collects renditions of traditional songs and builds many of the acoustic instruments featured in performances and recordings. Though largely self-taught, he has didactically studied the music of the Trouveres and Troubadours, the counterpoint of the High Renaissance, and modern orchestration. |
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*Birch Book/In Gowan Ring have shared bills with Faun Fables, Woven Hand, Vashti Bunyan, Sharon Kraus, Amber Asylum, Martyn Bates, Feathers, PG Six, Aranos, Julia Kent (Antony & the Johnsons), Stone Breath & others; and appeared on compilation albums featuring Acid Mothers Temple, Nico, The Strawbs, Einstuzende Neubauten, Steven Severin (Siouxsie & the Banshees), Tiny Tim, and William Burroughs among others.