Dramatic

In the tradition of the great male/female singer/songwriter duos (Nancy and Lee, Sonny and Cher, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris), Isobel Campbell (cellist and vocalist for Scottish indie band Belle and Sebastian) teams up with gravelly-voiced Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) to release their third album together, Hawk (Vanguard, August 24 2010). Produced by the singer herself in a series of locations around the world, the set finds Campbell continuing her investigation into the darker corners of American roots music. Lanegan lends his signature blues-folk growl to eight of the album’s 13 tracks, while the young U.S. singer Willy Mason shows up for a pair of tunes, including a stripped-down rendition of “No Place to Fall” by the late Texas songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Campbell and Lanegan duet on another Van Zandt number, “Snake Song,” and former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha appears on the track “You Won’t Let Me Down Again.”

Catch The Cedar debut of Stick Men - a new progressive band created from musicians with extensive experience playing together. Pat Mastelotto and Tony Levin are the rhythm section of the legendary band King Crimson. Mastelotto is in demand all over the world as the premier drummer for progressive rock. Levin plays the unusual instrument, the 12 string Chapman Stick, in Crimson, and with Peter Gabriel and others. Michael Bernier is also a Chapman Stick player - one of the leaders in the field, and has played in combination with Levin, among others.
 
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