Magic Tuber String Band: August 10, 2024 Deep In The Valley

Photo by Christopher Bruno

Welcome to the NYCTaper coverage of the 2024 Deep In The Valley festival! The event was once again held at From the Ground Brewery and organized, labored over and presented by our friends at the always excellent Raven Sings The Blues! Another incredible year of mellow vibes, good friend and incredible tunes! We begin this year with Magic Tuber String Band!

At face value, a string band playing an early afternoon set in a field on a rural farm seems like a slam dunk, and it was a perfect early-day set. However, underneath, this project is much more than traditional folk music. It has secrets inside itself.  It presents the sounds of summer sunshine and picnics, but just beneath the surface hides the sounds of Autumn’s deep, dark woods. It’s never one thing.  Make these instruments electric, and you would, most likely, be battered by a wall of noise and drones. This possibility can be seen in their playing for “Ghost Pipe” off 2023’s Tarantism.  

The North Carolina-based group has had a productive couple of years, culminating with the release of their new album, “Needlefall,” on Thrill Jockey Records. Our NYC folks can catch them tonight (8/15) at Public Records, but at the very least, go to their Bandcamp and buy some music to take into the change of seasons. This was a thoroughly engaging set of music, and there is a reason I raced to get this one out first.

This set was recorded with my MBHO’s at stage lip and an excellent board mix from FOH engineer Daniel Stout.  I’m very happy with the results. Enjoy!

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Magic Tuber String Band
2024-08-10
Deep in The Valley Festival
From The Ground Brewery
Red Hook, NY

Source: MBHO 440 + SDB > MixPre 3 > SD (24/48) > Adobe Audition/Izotope 9 > Audacity Flac (lvl8) > Mp3Tag

Recorded and produced by kliked for nyctaper.com

Thanks to FOH engineer Daniel Stout for the board patch!

1. Orb Weaver
2. A Dance on Sunday Night
3. Blooms in the Rapids
4. Ghost Pipe
5. Horn of Plenty
6. Days of Longing
7. Needlefall

Please support this excellent artist!
https://magictuberstringband.bandcamp.com/album/needlefall

Please support Raven Sings The Blues!
https://www.ravensingstheblues.com/

Photo by Christopher Bruno:
https://christopherbrunophotography.pixieset.com