Seth Augustus 
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After haunting the outer-lands of San Francisco's music world for the better part of two decades, Seth Augustus has emerged, full-born, with a fully realized sound and perspective that seems to exist outside of time and the limits of geography. Coarse and primitive textures, pre-war blues, hypnagogic tales told over tangos by midnight buskers, Seth's own sinister-electrified guitar and a stripped down drum kit mingle with the rhythms of early American folk and jazz, the cadences of carnival sounds and more than a little 60s-era Captain Beefheart. And that voice, gravel rough yet melodic, capable of intricate subtleties, tonalities and harmonics, as if risen from some horse-trading minstrel wandering on the Tuvan Steppe. Perhaps the music of Seth Augustus was not meant to be recorded, but played into the night under giant tents, to congregations of the afflicted and those yearning for deliverance. Perhaps a pack of mules should be listening in from the outside. But for now, everyone will have to settle for his debut CD, To the Pouring Rain.

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This week from PFR blog: August Newslett...
This month: albums from Brass Menazeri and Mercury Falls, booking agency open for business, fresh produce and locally grown m...
Northwest Tour Vol. 1 - Live updates....
Follow the adventures of Porto Franco's Brass Menazeri, Mark Growden and Seth Augustus as they drive, eat and play music in t...
 (Mercury Falls) (Eastern Accents in the Far West)
Mercury Falls and Dave Mihaly Trio CD release
 09/16 —  Make-Out Room
 10pm-1am | $9-$50 advance, $12 at the door - buy now
 (Meklit Hadero) (On a Day Like This...)
Meklit Hadero on Tell Me More - NPR with Allison Keyes ~Download
 Live: 03/24/2010 (17.53)
 (The Nice Guy Trio) (Here Comes... The Nice Guy Trio)
KPFA 94.1 "Hear & Now" with The Nice Guy Trio ~Download
 Live: 10/29/2009 (2:00:00)
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