microphones in the trees: donovan quinn

Saturday, March 08, 2008

donovan quinn

donovan quinn - october lanterns (soft abuse 2008)

donovan quinn is a singer-songwriter from san francisco, california. since 2001 he’s performed his songs with the skygreen leopards (collaborating with glenn donaldson) & under the name verdure. currently he can be found operating solo, occasionally being joined by various friends & collaborators, under the umbrella of the 13th month. donovan’s first solo record, produced in collaboration with jason quever (papercuts), will be released in the spring of 2008.” bruno schulz

"Sean Penn’s “Into the Wild” would have been a much better movie if, for its soundtrack, Penn had replaced Eddie Vedder by Donovan Quinn. For the ten tracks on “October Lanterns” show just the right degree of hinterwaldlerdom without ever venturing too far off the beaten track. Sure, when Quinn recorded these fine songs in ‘02 and ’03, he used a wide array of folk instruments. But whether hammond organ, melodica, mouth harp, or mandolin: They all blissfully sound as if the still wore the price tag of the music supply store. That, however, is not a problem at all, but provides track like “At the tent revival” with an awkward quality not to be found elsewhere. Recorded at his former home studio on a horse ranch in Walnut Creek, CA, “October Lanterns” is Quinn’s debut under his own name. He has recorded with The Skygreen Leopards and solo under the Verdure moniker. This cd-r, limited as it is to handmade 100 copies, should help him to get established further in a field ruled by the likes of Hala Strana or Hush Arbors." foxy digitalis

8 comments:

rafa said...

pero qué cosa taaaaan bonita.

Anonymous said...

sibylle baier - colour green

can you share with us one time more ??
thank you !

ana said...

hi anónimo, there are some songs from sibylle baier here:

http://fatandconfused.blogspot.com/2008/01/sibylle-baier-colour-green-orange-twin.html


and the complete album here:

http://heavenlyhouseboatblues.blogspot.com/2007/11/sibylle-baier-colour-green-2006.html

and here:

http://bolachasgratis.blogspot.com/2008/01/sibylle-baier-colour-green.html

ana said...

mal ser, donovan quinn en solitario me gusta mucho más que skygreen leopards. mis favorindas: One Thousand Matchsticks, october lanterns y Miner. joshua burkett, the spectral light and moonshine firefly snakeoil jamboree, dylan, ...

phil said...

hi there - any chance of re-upping this, please???!!!
cheers

ana said...

hi phil, try now :)

phil said...

hey - many thanks! but there seems to be a problem with sharebee right now - other blogs are starting to mention it - fingers crossed, everything will be sorted soon???!!!
i'll check again later...

phil said...

typically it's now working just fine!