From the first, Curtis Harvey's solo debut reveals itself as quite a departure for the man best known, until now, as the prodigious multi-instrumentalist behind Rex (Southern) and Pullman (Thrill Jockey). While Harvey is loath to cite specific musical inspiration for his first solo outing, he admits that his first exposure to live music was an aunt and uncle's bluegrass duo, and that records from the likes of the Carter Family and Bill Monroe, as well as contemporary neotraditionalist Gillian Welch got...   [ read more ]

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From the first, Curtis Harvey's solo debut reveals itself as quite a departure for the man best known, until now, as the prodigious multi-instrumentalist behind Rex (Southern) and Pullman (Thrill Jockey). While Harvey is loath to cite specific musical inspiration for his first solo outing, he admits that his first exposure to live music was an aunt and uncle's bluegrass duo, and that records from the likes of the Carter Family and Bill Monroe, as well as contemporary neotraditionalist Gillian Welch got...   [ read more ]

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Combining the talents of Sean Meadows (June of 44, Sonora Pine, Lungfish, HIM), Curtis Harvey (Rex, Pullman and Curtis Harvey trio), Josh Matthews (Blue Man Group) and more you can already tell that The Letter E are more than just another collaboration of like-minded musicians. Add the production and trumpet playing talents of Bob Weston (Shellac) to this and you can be sure that the sum of these parts will be considerable. Although The Letter E formed just over three years ago their full time commitments ...   [ read more ]

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