Serenity Knolls (Vinyl)

Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. 2017 release. Jamie Saft has been a significant presence on RareNoiseRecords since the label's inception. Now, on Serenity Knolls, he stakes out some completely different territory. An intimate duo project with guitarist Bill Brovold, a former member of such New York no-wave bands as the Rhys Chatham Ensemble, the East Village Orchestra and the Zen Vikings, it features Saft alternating between playing dobro and lap steel on a set of 12 ambient type tunes with a distinctive heartland undercurrent to them. An accomplished keyboardist-composer who has been widely acknowledged for his work with various John Zorn projects, including The Dreamers, Electric Masada and Moonchild, the Queens native and current resident of Kingston in upstate New York has nonetheless has maintained a longstanding relationship with the guitar. As he explains, quot;I've played guitar since I was a youth as well as bass guitar, so this isn't something new for me at all. In fact, my guitar playing is featured on many of my albums such as Breadcrumb Sins (Tzadik), Sunshine Seas (RareNoise) and Black Shabbis (Tzadik) as well as being prominently featured in my original score for the Oscar nominated film Murderball.quot;

Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. 2017 release. Jamie Saft has been a significant presence on RareNoiseRecords since the label's inception. Now, on Serenity Knolls, he stakes out some completely different territory. An intimate duo project with guitarist Bill Brovold, a former member of such New York no-wave bands as the Rhys Chatham Ensemble, the East Village Orchestra and the Zen Vikings, it features Saft alternating between playing dobro and lap steel on a set of 12 ambient type tunes with a distinctive heartland undercurrent to them. An accomplished keyboardist-composer who has been widely acknowledged for his work with various John Zorn projects, including The Dreamers, Electric Masada and Moonchild, the Queens native and current resident of Kingston in upstate New York has nonetheless has maintained a longstanding relationship with the guitar. As he explains, "I've played guitar since I was a youth as well as bass guitar, so this isn't something new for me at all. In fact, my guitar playing is featured on many of my albums such as Breadcrumb Sins (Tzadik), Sunshine Seas (RareNoise) and Black Shabbis (Tzadik) as well as being prominently featured in my original score for the Oscar nominated film Murderball."

Performer	Bill Brovold
Music genre	Folk Music
Music subgenre	Vinyl Record - FOLK
Music release type	Release
Media format	LP
Original release date	2017
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	N
Number of tracks	12
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	2
Series title	Bill Brovold - Serenity Knolls [VINYL LP] Gatefold LP Jacket
Track listing	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Record label	RARENOISE LTD
Composer	Jamie Saft
Songwriter	Bill / Saft Brovold
Track name	Sweet Grass, Mitchimakinak, Saddle Horn, Wendigo, Thermopolis, The Great American Bison, Bemidji, No Horse Seen, Splintering Wind, Greybull, Serenity Knolls, Silent Midpoint
Music media format	Vinyl Record
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N