Parlor Tricks and Porch Favorites

The latest in hybrid roots music from Tower Recordings' founding member, PAT GUBLER, finally sees the light of day (the record's been years in the making). A nine-track swing-out blend of '60s and '70s pastoral sounds, it's British folk -- in the vein of The Incredible String Band and Fairport Convention -- with touches of rural American blues, Appalachian porch warble, avant lite rock, and old-school drone.