The Microphones with Special Guest Ragana

208 Olema Bolinas Road,Bolinas CA 94924

24 February, 2022

Description

The Microphones with Special Guest Ragana Phil Elverum is an artist and human being from the Pacific Northwest town of Anacortes. His recordings, released variously as The Microphones and Mount Eerie, represent just a portion of his artistic output, which has ranged from running a label and co-organizing festivals to self-publishing books, photography, and painting. But it is for his stunningly original music that he is known best, from the earliest tape experiments of the ’90s to the immersive sound-diary of Microphones in 2020. Elverum has never shied from exploring the high mountain passes, finding new ways to sculpt with sound, and trying to communicate the momentary experience of being human as clearly as the water from freshly melted snow. Ragana have pointed to wide-spanning influences for their earthy, enchanting, political music: from the austere landscapes of Cat Power, Grouper and Mount Eerie, to the irreverent cries of Battle of Mice, Punch and Rape Revenge. These touchstones are evident in Ragana's sense of boundlessness, the way their songs sound both ferocious and sprawling, wrathful and soothing at the same time. The Farmstand Artspace behind the Gospel Flat vegetable stand brings you new music and art all year round.