SOUNDTRACK: DARLINGSIDE-Live at Newport Folk Festival (July 27, 2018).
Darlingside never disappoints and this stream from Newport Folk Festival is an excellent opportunity to hear them live.
The sound quality is excellent and their voices are more clear than on the record!
I had no idea this was only their first time at Newport Folk est and Harris is suitably excited (even though it’s only 11AM).
It’s also an opportunity to hear their one of a kind banter.
The harmonies on “Go Back” are just heavenly. And they are positively angelic on “Singularity.”
The introductory cello solo at the beginning of “Harrison Ford” was a delightful change. And the guitar really rocks loud on “Eschaton” (almost like a real rock band!)
There’s also the hilarious band member introduction (different at every show).
Auyon says that they were able to play for a boys and girls camp, Camp Grovernor. But something was lost in communication and the camp director thought the band name was “Don Mitchell,” (their banjo player). And the director was asking, “Is it Don Mitchell and the…” Auyon explained that the Don Mitchell is silent and it’s just Darlingide. This got him to wonder what the band would be if each member was the main character.
Dave Senft plays kick drum, bass and guitar. Dave had a child recently so it would be Dave Senft and The Weird Uncles.
Harris Paseltiner plays cello and guitar. Harris lights his beer light in body and light in color and as far as I can tell utterly devoid of flavor… so Harris Paseltiner and The Lightest Beers.
Don Mitchell plays banjo and guitar. Don is from CT and is steeped in New England traditions, like nativism and xenophobia which he demonstrates every time he uses Midwestern as an insult…. which is particularly irksome to those of us in the band who are from the Midwest. In the spirit of brotherhood, Don Mitchell and The Midwesterners.
Auyon Mukharji plays mandolin and violin and with me we would be Auyon Mukharji and the Best of Friends.
Harris: it’s the first time he’s ever been earnest. It must be something in the water.
Don: that was the height of Midwesternness.
Auyon: and it felt really good.
This the first time I’ve heard them play the Neil Young song “Red Sun” which sounds great of course. It’s done a capella, too.
- “The God of Loss”
- “Go Back”
- “White Horses”
- “Extralife”
- “Harrison Ford”
- “Singularity”
- “Eschaton”
- “Red Sun (Neil Young)”
- “Blow The House Down”
[READ: February 4, 2016] “Five Arrows”
This is strange little story about a man who moves to an island because his gangrenous foot smells so bad that he has ejected himself from polite society.
But it is told from the point of view of a young boy, Insu. Insu is from the village of Bupyeong in Korea. But he has lived in The United States and Germany for the last two years.
Insu is shocked at what has happened to their village–the river which five years ago was so clear you could see the bottom was now dammed up and cloudy. The locals were trying to grow carp.
It turns out that Insu and his friend are rowing across the river to find Big Uncle and Little Uncle. They are skipping school and know that the uncles can keep a secret. (more…)
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