Few artists have committed to the ethic of apocalyptic – even gothic – Americana as completely as Colorado’s David Eugene Edwards. From his early work with The Denver Gentlemen and 16 Horsepower to the last two decades of material he has offered via Wovenhand, Edwards practically haunts every stage, and album, with spirits that are simultaneously spectral and Biblical. On this episode of the True Tunes Podcast, John J. Thompson sits down with Edwards in front of a live audience at the Audiofeed Festival in Champaign, Illinois to talk about his origins, his musical concepts, and his mystical perspectives on everything from the nature of art and humanity to the essence of spirituality and redemption.

Then we crank up the jukebox to hear some other seminal apocalyptic music – and consider the value and purpose of provocative art in general. What is it that is being hidden, revealed, discovered, or avoided, when we drop the needle these days?

Full Show Notes and a special Apocalypse Rocks Playlist are available HERE or at TrueTunes.com/Wovenhand

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Wovenhand Music List

 

Opening

Aphrodite’s Child – The Capture of the Beast

Phil Keaggy & Rex Paul – Full Circle (podcast theme)

16 Horsepower – Sinnerman; My Narrow Mind (Live)

Wovenhand – Silver Sash

 

Interview Set

16 Horsepower – Brimstone Rock; Coal Black Horses; Black Soul Choir

Wovenhand – Sparrow Falls; Acacia; Tempel Timber; Good Shephard; Duat Hawk; Omaha; The Speaking Hands; A Holy Measure

 

Jukebox

Aphrodite’s Child – The Four Horsemen

The Clash – London Calling

Muse – Apocalypse Please

Tom Waits – The Earth Died Screaming

Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around

Mark Heard – Everything Is Alright

The Wayside – So Long

Midnight Oil – Dreamworld

Jack White – Please God Don’t Tell Anyone

 

Soapbox

Taylor Leonhardt – Black Mountain (Instrumental)

 

Spot Breaks

Phil Keaggy – Jam In the Side Pocket; Slap Happy (from Acoustic Sketches 3)

 

 

 

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The Beautiful Mystery of Terry Scott Taylor (Part 1)

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Renaissance Man Jimmy Abegg

Ep 15 Buddy Miller: Learning To Listen with Big Ears

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Myron Butler and the Legacy of Andrae Crouch!

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Bruce Cockburn: Kicking at the Darkness for Fifty Years (and counting!)

From The Vault: Michael Been of The Call

Marc Byrd (Hammock, God of Wonders, etc) 

Singing Along with The Choir

Phil Madeira on Expanding Horizons

Kevin Max Considers Boundaries

See the full list of previous episodes HERE