The Beaver Hunter
James Apollo is currently in the depths of the Rocky Mountains directing a film about 19th Century mountain man, and beaver hunter, Osborne Russell. Details? Soon.
Daytrotter
4am start time. A seven hour drive. But in the end, the fine folks at daytrotter have immortalized thr troupe in magic marker and two track analog.
Damien Jurado enters the fold
Secretly Canadian recording artist Damien Jurado has signed on to produce James Apollo's new record, tentatively titled "Little War, Little Less." The band are working in an old barn in the Cascade Mountains with a small army of ranging talents. Look for previews and studio footage here soon.
Til Your Feet Bleed now available stateside
As of now, Til Your Feet Bleed is available in the USA via itunes and amazon and any other that meets your fancy.
Happiness
from the record Til Your Feet Bleed
Born Lucky
Q magazine has issued a free 3 song sampler of the new EP Born Lucky. Get it here. And do check out the band's live performance of the 1st single, The Violins.
let it be revisited
MOJO called up and gave me 3 days to record "One After 909" from Let it Be. They called up some other folks too. Beth Orton, CW Stoneking, and Phosphorescent to name a few. The limited edition vinyl is sold out, but there are still copies of the CD available from this fine publication
Predict: Good
Blokely takes a look inside James Apollo's, Born Lucky.
WNYC feature
Those sweethearts at WNYC were kind enough to do a feature and free download. You can nab that here
Edinburgh Reviewed
Edinburgh was a real nice time. The scots have always been known for their kindness. Check out this fine review. And look! it even got snagged for fffound!
You should blog more
You hear that? Angels we have Grown Apart has been all over the blogomeridian. Big thanks to stereogum, ventox, short & sweet, parasites & sycophants, consequence of sound, plug in music, largehearted boy, earfarm, everyone and all the little twitterbugs
Thanks Guy
Guy Garvey, BBC presenter and head man for UK Band of the year Elbow, is spinning "Morphine and Wine," the lead track off of the new Apollo EP, on his 6 Music program.
