A collection of thought, sound & ideas. Since 2008.
Tape Feed is a compilation cassette + digital release, curated by Gypsy Farm & made possible by the Athens Area Arts Council with a goal of raising donations for the food bank (Feeding America), helping to fight hunger & food waste. We are pleased to announce the sequel to vol. 1, Tape Feed, Vol. 2 will release October 3rd, on Gypsy Farm.
Proceeds of Gypsy Farm's latest release, GF012 - Tape Feed, Vol 1, have secured over 1,146 meals through donations to Feeding America, a nonprofit organization networking with around 200 Food Banks throughout the United States.
Every now & again, between cigarette breaks, after the show, the recording machine will be left unattended and running. Sometimes, we end up with what, more often than not, becomes some sort of cherished artifact for the GF archive. Remembering one such time when the Shoal Creek Stranglers would pick & lick their way through Sinful Sunday Singings, a free show & supper combo hosted at various churches in the Georgia & South Carolina area. It was an occasion when associates would track their own performance, at times unbeknownst to them.
After last year's successful donation to the local food bank, we staffed our producer Willie Shears with the task of assembling years worth of various recordings from deep within the Gypsy Farm vault into a tangible compilation for your enjoyment but also, the benefit of Feeding America, a nonprofit organization networking with 200 food banks. The result was Tape Feed, Vol: 1. Each limited edition cassette is a direct, real-time copy of the original hi-fee-fi-fo-fum master recordings and even include a digital download to boot.
These cherished recordings, captured by original bassist Rob Keller, document The Drovers in their youth and during an extremely creative time for the punk rock-turned-bluegrass band, hailing from Prater's Creek, SC.
This release marks the first new material from the group since last year's track "Perfect Day", a softer-song structure when compared to the rest of PTR's discography, it should come as no sudden surprise to long time fans of The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show, also fronted by Campbell.
Earlier today, the cassette sector of Gypsy Farm released a statement claiming their machines are "fired up" and running momentarily to produce a "super short-run" follow up to 2018's now out-of print compilation album, Rock and Raw. The first volume was an even shorter-run tape release, only circulated privately among the bands involved and friends. Rock and …
Also sneaking out from the ether during this strange time is the first material in two years to be released from Clemson, SC's cow-punk stewards, Pine Tar Rage. The song titled "Perfect Day" recalls the adventures of an individual from pre-sunrise and climaxes into all the fixings of the perfect day. Fans of PTR will immediately notice that the song is a somewhat departure in sound comparatively to their past recordings, but nothing unfamiliar to long time patrons of the band's live set.
Gypsy Farm Records caravan will be making an official stop in Seneca, SC for an in-store performance at Yesterdaze Records. The free show is all ages and will commence at 7:30pm on February 22nd featuring Uncle Goo & the Country Dragons, Ancient Ethel, Ed Campbell and Nate Combs.
In a somewhat stark change of timbre from their previous efforts, "Natural" greets the listener with a heavier sound and firm tempo that fans of Crazy Horse will appreciate while Duncan's unique voice hovers near the point of subconsciousness.
Gypsy Farm Network 