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Category: Wooden Wand

Don’t Forget To Die: A Few Reflections on David Berman

Posted on August 8, 2019May 12, 2022

August 7th, tragic news broke that David Berman, poet and leader of Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, had passed away. A chronicler of despair and beauty, Bermans’ work casts a long shadow. Here, Wooden Wand’s James Jackson Toth reflects on his singular stature and remembers the man.

The Lagniappe Sessions :: Wooden Wand / Second Session

Posted on May 31, 2017June 26, 2019

Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Earlier this month we caught up with James Jackson Toth whose long-running Wooden Wand project […]

Wooden Wand :: Clipper Ship

Posted on May 2, 2017October 30, 2019

James Jackson Toth (AKA Wooden Wand ) gets plenty of praise for his eccentrically evocative lyrics. But on Clipper Ship, his latest album for the mighty Three Lobed Records , it’s the sound that draws […]

Every Sound Means Something: Wooden Wand Interviews Matt “MV” Valentine

Posted on November 19, 2014

I have already sung the praises of Matt “MV” Valentine elsewhere. For the Google-averse, I can sum it up by saying that MV’s music–both with and without his partner, co-conspirator […]

Wooden Wand :: Farmer’s Corner

Posted on April 16, 2014April 16, 2014

Just minutes into the album — with a shambolic instrumental rumble and a dour delivery of urgency — James Jackson Toth, aka Wooden Wand, mutters “the thing I have been […]

Wooden Wand & The World War IV

Posted on December 6, 2013

The sheer sprawl of James Jackson Toth’s discography — usually released under some iteration of the Wooden Wand moniker — can be intimidating. Where to begin? I humbly submit that this latest […]

Wooden Wand Interviews William Tyler Interviews Wooden Wand

Posted on October 24, 2013October 23, 2013

It was somehow agreed upon during my conversation with William Tyler t hat he would do the transcribing — the difficult, tedious part — and I would write the intro. This is consistent […]

Wooden Wand Interviews Steve Gunn

Posted on June 5, 2013May 12, 2022

Among certain critics and cultural trainspotters, there exists a colloquialism — ‘gamechanger’ — to denote a brazen, unexpected creative leap by an already respected and established artist. The risk of […]

Wooden Wand Interviews Hiss Golden Messenger

Posted on February 25, 2013July 9, 2021

When I was fifteen years old, I wrote MC Taylor a fan letter. At the time, he played in a hardcore band I liked called Ex-Ignota. I was a big […]

Are Your Songs Rabbits? :: Wooden Wand Interviews Howe Gelb

Posted on February 4, 2013February 5, 2013

Our Longshots series returns with two of the more prolific voices working in music today — Wooden Wand’s James Jackson Toth and Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb; both of whom just saw […]

Wooden Wand :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

Posted on January 15, 2013January 16, 2013

Wrapping one’s head around the music of Wooden Wand , the ongoing project of idiosyncratic singer/songwriter James Jackson Toth takes some effort. With over 100 releases to his name, from spiraling freak-out […]

Wooden Wand :: Lagniappe Sessions

Posted on April 12, 2012May 30, 2017

Lagniappe (la ·gniappe) noun ‘lan-ˌyap,’ — 1. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. 2. Something given or obtained as a gratuity or bonus. Whether recording as Wooden Wand , under his own […]

 
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