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	The Court and Spark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Court and Spark is a dry desert wind; dark and hypnotic, sorrowful and forlorn, with an undercurrent of old-soul country.
		As before, The Court and Spark takes many musical cues from artists like Dillard and Clark, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and Townes Van Zandt, but their thoughtfully sad and slow ethos also suggest a number of contemporaries, from Low to Lambchop.
		The Court and Spark's beautifully inspired and timeless music is intensely personal, devastatingly lovely, and steeped in tradition, but with a pocket full of dark and dusty secrets to add to country music's canon.
	www.epitonic.com /artists/thecourtandspark.html (489 words)

	Court and Spark -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Court and Spark -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Court and Spark is (additional info and facts about Joni Mitchell) Joni Mitchell's January 1974 full-length release.
		Milt Holland - Chimes on "Court and Spark"
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/court_and_spark.htm (242 words)

	Encyclopedia: Court and Spark
		Her most commercially successful album, Court and Spark infused her folk-rock style with jazz inflection, and generated three singles: "Help Me", "Free Man in Paris", and "Raised on Robbery".
		It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz and Jop critics poll.
		Free Man In Paris was a song written by Canadian folk artist Joni Mitchell and appeared on her 1974 album Court and Spark.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Court-and-Spark (867 words)

	The Court & Spark: Hearts: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Whatever path the Court and Spark frontman M.C. Taylor was on has taken a turn for the worse.
		The Court & Spark: Your Mother Was the Lightning [MP3]
		The Court and Spark Tour in Support of New LP
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/37096/The_Court_and_Spark_Hearts (486 words)

	Court & Spark: Dead Diamond River EP: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Conceived and reared in San Francisco, the band are as indebted to Cooder et al as anyone, and their vast soundscapes evoke untainted portraits of an Ol' West less steeped in folklore than shear, elemental love of life.
		The Court & Spark are a very sophisticated animal, and any intimations at simplicity are readily dispelled by the finesse of their arrangements.
		The Court & Spark toyed with the idea of straying from their front-porch roots on this year's Dead Diamond River EP, but their first new full-length in three years is pure alt-country-- albeit with an increased stylistic breadth.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/16347/Court_and_Spark_Dead_Diamond_River_EP (606 words)

	LO-MAX
		Court + Spark have been wowing the USA with their latest album "Witch Season" (in stores in September 2005 through Lo-Max and Absolutely Kosher) and here for the UK is the gorgeous aperitif.
		When front man M.C. Taylor isn't at the mic, Court and Spark fans and super talents Linda Thompson and M. Ward lend their unique voices and span the generations.
		Court + Spark have been wowing the USA with their latest album "Witch...
	www.lomaxrecords.com /news.html?news_id=53 (220 words)

	The Court & Spark - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		Still, the Court & Spark's music does grow from the same roots as the Band and Neil Young, as well as British folk and old blues records.
		If you're The Court and Spark, it means stepping back from the world's mad rush and finding out what it really is to be a citizen of the city of San Francisco in the year 2004.
		It gets at the root of what The Court and Spark is about, and what they've done better here than ever before: looking beyond time's relentless march to create a portrait of place as something personal - and something immeasurably precious.
	music.download.com /thecourtandspark/3600-8737_32-100065438.html (698 words)

	Interview with The Court and Spark
		Led by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist MC Taylor, The Court and Spark's roots go back 10 years to Taylor's previous band, a University of California Santa Barbara-based hardcore group called Ex-Ignota, with lead guitarist Scott Hirsch.
		Taylor told Recoil a little more about The Court and Spark, its two recent releases and life on the road.
		Wake up at nine, coffee at ten, in the van, read book from ten-thirty to three, stare out window from three to five, talk shit with everyone in the van, five to six, sound check, six-thirty to seven, and so on and so forth.
	www.recoilmag.com /interviews/court_and_spark_0904.html (972 words)

	tUMULt { t h e c o u r t a n d s p a r k } (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Court And Spark are a dry desert wind; dark and hypnotic, sorrowful and forlorn, old-soul country.
		The Court and Spark's MC Taylor has the kind of voice that wraps your soul in velvet aches, that lulls and soothes, that tears your heart out and sets it gently on the pillow beside you; deep and ragged, weary and warm, always on the verge of cracking or breaking down.
		Taylor's plaintive vocals are perfectly underpinned by the bands haunting shuffle and twang; plaintive piano, delicately plucked guitars, Hammond B-3, Silvertone organs, pedal steel, banjo, dobro, mandolin, slide, glockenspiel, cello, found sounds and field recordings, and heavenly harmonies all settle perfectly into a melancholic nostalgia; haunting elegies for lost love and broken spirits.
	www.tumult.net /catalog/court.html (236 words)

	Witch Season - The Court & Spark - Music Reviews
		By tightening up some of the watery qualities that superbly defined the sound of their 2001 full-length Bless You, the Court & Spark immediately open up some space for new textures to lead off their third and most enriched long-player yet, Witch Season.
		The band has always had an experimental edge and their trials have always worn the tags of meticulousness necessary to keep the meat of the songs in context, but the flag the Court & Spark have unfurled in the mighty and complex opening track eclipses any benchmark in the band's previous history.
		With Witch Season being their second exceptional LP, the Court & Spark should have no problems convincing any skeptics that they are an extremely thoughtful band worthy of considerable attention.
	www.mp3.com /albums/636244/reviews.html (616 words)

	Pulse of the Twin Cities - Locally Grown Alternative Newspaper
		The Court and Spark seem to approach the creative process as a sort of musical alchemy—they don’t pretend to make music in a vacuum or to completely reinvent the forms with which they work.
		The idea is someday to do it on our own.” For now, though, the Court and Spark have put together a limited-edition (400 copies) tour EP, culled from miles of tape containing live cuts, B-sides, and covers; it bears the imprint of their own Prophecy Connection label.
		It seems like a logical move; while it’s clear that they consciously perforate the boundaries of their art, one gets the sense that, all other things aside, The Court and Spark are still just a group of friends who love to make music together.
	www.pulsetc.com /article.php?sid=606 (1036 words)

	KQED \| Arts and Literature: Music and Sound: Noise Pop Mix Tape: The Court and Spark
		First Light at Avalon is from the forthcoming Court and Spark EP Dead Diamond River due out June 15th, 2004.
		The beauty of The Court and Spark is that they're as likely to use a Dhruva shruthi harmonium box mail-ordered from India as they are a dusty Hummingbird (a guitar, for those not in the know) picked up on the sly at some pawn shop on the edge of town.
		I heard someone say that they got turned on to The Court and Spark by one of the Coen Brothers, which is funny.
	www.kqed.org /topics/arts/music/noisepop/court-and-spark.jsp (779 words)

	The Tailored Soldier - Boxharp - Music Reviews
		With Boxharp, guitarist and vocalist M.C. Taylor took a short but sweet sabbatical from his main project, the Court and Spark, and teamed up with friend and engineer Scott Solter to record The Tailored Soldier, a collection of warm, atmospheric songs with sound collage experiments interspersed....
		Taylor's songs carry as much weight and urgency as his output with the Court and Spark, and are complemented beautifully by the field recordings and aural portraits that weave to and fro, alternating real estate with the compositions on the disc.
		The Tailored Soldier augments the Court and Spark's catalog quite nicely and should be considered a definite must-have for fans of the group.
	www.mp3.com /albums/499709/reviews.html (455 words)

	Houston - Music - The Court & Spark, with Brothers and Sisters - houstonpress.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Subject(s): The Court & Spark, with Brothers and Sisters
		Because a pedal steel guitar is featured prominently in their sound, The Court & Spark often get pegged as an alt-country band, but nothing could be further from the truth.
		The melancholy spell of "We Were All Uptown Rulers" is balanced by the pastoral "A Milk White Flag," a brief, dreamy instrumental, and the droning folk rock of "Capaldi," which brings to mind early Richard Thompson—era Fairport Convention.
	www.houstonpress.com /2006-07-13/music/the-court-spark-with-brothers-and-sisters (396 words)

	California Dreamin' / SF's the Court & Spark celebrate the release of 'Witch Season' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Indeed, the San Francisco group's ties to such forbears as the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers were palpable, underscored by the participation of Gene Parsons, veteran of both those legendary outfits, on the Court & Spark's 2001 CD Bless You.
		The title of the new album -- the release of which the Court & Spark celebrates with a hometown show at the Great American Music Hall Thursday, Aug. 26 -- holds a crucial clue.
		For a band rooted in hard-core punk (Taylor and Hirsch met at UC Santa Barbara and played together in Exignota), the Court & Spark cuts a surprisingly wide swath through various musical fields.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/08/26/derk.DTL (1310 words)

	SN&R > Music > Slow burn from the Court & Spark > 06.19.03
		Simply put, the Court & Spark play American music and, as such, it is music with a slow, burning intensity and volume that belies its quiet moments.
		If you stepped back for a moment and thought it through, you might call the Court & Spark a country band, but if so, its music is unlike any country music you have ever heard.
		That landscape continued when Bluhm took the stage--finger picking his own lonely, space-traveling songs with an intensity that perfectly continued what the Court & Spark had started and that underscored both his own prodigious talents and the talents of the band that had preceded him.
	www.newsreview.com /sacramento/Content?oid=15255 (520 words)

	Slant Magazine - Music Review: The Court & Spark: Hearts
		As long as drugs, sex, rock n' roll, and war continue to drive the human race, there will always be a place for The Doors.
		he Court & Spark freely bleed a peculiar type of alt-country soul, staining their songs with a dark tension and a loose, rambling feel.
		Fans of the dearly departed Grandaddy, as well as Calexico and My Morning Jacket aficionados will recognize a lot of what's offered here; The Court & Spark don't try to outgun anyone, but rather confidently color outside the lines on their own terms.
	www.slantmagazine.com /music/music_review.asp?ID=831 (256 words)

	Amazon.com: Hearts: Music: The Court & Spark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Court & Spark's previous recordings set a high bar for Hearts, and those listeners like myself who regard this group highly will be pleasantly surprised that Hearts is exceeds those high expectations.
		On Bless You and Witch Season, the two discs preceding Hearts; two aspects of Court & Spark's music made an immediate impression, both obvious at first listen, but wonderfully elusive when listened to carefully.
		In one sense the beautiful country-esque drawl is, like a lot of the aspects of Court & Spark compositions, a signifier for a more complicated reality and a paradox.
	www.amazon.com /Hearts-Court-Spark/dp/B000F8DB9Y (872 words)

	The Court & Spark - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Formed around the nucleus of Scott Hirsch, Alex Stimmel, James Kim, and laconic lead vocalist M.C. Taylor, the San Francisco band moved past a noisier early incarnation to take cues from the classic sounds of the early country-rock era.
		With pedal steel player Tom Heyman and vocalist Wendy Allen, as well as former Byrd and Flying Burrito Brother Gene Parsons, hopping on board for 2001's Bless You, the stage was set for one of the most fully realized Americana releases of the year.
		In 2004, the Court & Spark came out with the EP Dead Diamond River and the full-length Witch Season, followed two years later by Hearts.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,1559950,00.html (349 words)

	The Mekons / The Court and Spark
		As we were all saying our goodbyes at the end of the evening, Kathy w/a K came charging through the crowd, loudly admonishing us with, "You are not allowed to talk about anything except how good the Mekons were!" 'Nuff said, really.
		Short of say, CMJ or maybe SXSW, this is probably one of the highest profile gigs The Court and Spark have performed.
		Also, read our review of The Court and Spark show at the Noe Valley Ministry on March 30, 2001 here.
	www.playinginfog.com /reviews/mekons.html (431 words)

	RegnYouth Archives » Blog Archive » The Court & Spark - Hearts
		On their fourth full-length album, ‘Hearts’, The Court & Spark have pared down their unique alt-country sound to its lovely essence.
		The restraint shown on ‘Hearts’ is hypnotic and haunting by turns, and the result is one of The Court & Spark’s best albums.
		This entry was posted on Thursday, February 8th, 2007 at 1:03 pm and is filed under Features, Alt-Country.
	www.regnyouth.com /?p=4323 (237 words)

	Music: Shearwater, The Court and Spark, Chris Flemmons and Michael Kingcaid, Emo's Austin Ltd., Austin, TX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Music: Shearwater, The Court and Spark, Chris Flemmons and Michael Kingcaid, Emo's Austin Ltd., Austin, TX News
		From emosaustin.com:With few obvious alternative country comparisons, as they are neither drawn to the psychedelic sounds common to bands like the Beachwood Sparks nor the rootsy rock of Son Volt and their ilk, The Court & Spark create twangy mood music.
		In 2004, The Court & Spark came out with the EP Dead Diamond Ring and the full-length Witch Season, followed two years later by Hearts.
	www.austin360.com /event/events2/etc/userEventDisplay.jspd?eventid=93830&eventStatus=Approved (502 words)

	In The Studio \| Artist Profile \| Scott Hirsch
		Marrying my well learned Pro Tools chops and my music recording knowledge came easy at that point and just like the feeling I got from my first four track recording, I (and the rest of the band) were hooked.
		We still mix in a TDM environment at an outside studio, but we found this home environment to be the most creative place to record once we drilled holes in every wall to run cables from room to room.
		In addition to the Court and Spark, I am currently engineering and producing two records at the Alabama Street Station: Michael Talbott and the Wolfkings http://www.dreamchimney.com/theWolfkings/ And Willow Willow : http://www.willowwillow.com
	www.pyramind.com /production/in_studio/scotthirsch/scotthirsch.cfm (773 words)

	Court and Spark at Coachella playing at anthem house Video on IMEEM
		Court and Spark at Coachella playing at anthem house Video on IMEEM
		Court and Spark at Coachella playing at anthem house
		The Court and Spark performs Anthem House d...
	anthem.imeem.com /video/7Pnxw07x/court_and_spark_at_coachella_playing_at_anthem_house (198 words)

	CD Reviews: The Cure (Seattle Weekly)
		Plenty of alt-country acts have taken Gram Parsons' fabled description of a "cosmic American music" as an impetus to inject the dusty twang of vintage California country-rock with the lysergic swirl of late-'60s psychedelia.
		L.A.'s supremely druggy Beachwood Sparks have demonstrated the virtue of getting lost inside that Naugahyde cook-up, but on their third album, San Francisco's Court and Spark illuminate the alternate advantages of keeping your head about you.
		Renegades of Funk - Hip-hop mixtapes and mutations.
	www.seattleweekly.com /2004-08-18/music/the-cure.php (1447 words)

	The Court & Spark \| Aurgasm :: your favorite music you've never heard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The time of 60's folk-revival shamanism may be long past, but its embodying awe of life in untapped American places carries on in the wise, mellow songs of The Court & Spark.
		Among the eclectic collection populating Absolutely Kosher Records, this band is by far the most creative; their mix-and-match combo of gently accented vocals, bells, tape noises, horns, slide guitar, and everything inbetween sure sounds great on balmy summer evenings.
		The Court and Spark - Your Mother Was the Lightning
	aurgasm.us /2006/08/court-spark.html (669 words)

	Joni Mitchell Court And Spark Albums, CDs, Vinyl Records and LPs
		Court And Spark/help Me/free Man In Paris/people's Parties/the Same Situation/car On A Hill/down...
		Side A Court And Spark side B Raised On Robbery Large Hole Usa, Asylum Records, As-11029, 197
		Court And Spark / Help Me / Free Man In Paris / People's Parties / Same Situation / Car On A...
	www.musicstack.com /album/joni_mitchell/court_and_spark (361 words)

	The Court and Spark - Witch Season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		’s the Court and Spark has returned with an effort that is appropriately liberal and experimental for its hometown.
		Produced in John Vanderslice’s Tiny Telephone studio, which consistently births good recordings and released by Absolutely Kosher Records, which now boasts a solid roster.
		Anyone who likes “alt-country”’s flagship bands should like the Court and Spark.
	www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /users/05/jgolden1/courtandspark_witchseason.htm (106 words)

	SHEARWATER "Palo Santo" Misra THE COURT & SPARK "Hearts" Absolutely Kosher - washingtonpost.com
		But Meiburg doesn't always hold back: The dramatic "Johnny Viola" charges forward with a bouncy percussion line and a trumpet accent before fading into a peaceful melancholy, while the dreamlike "White Waves" builds into a passionate roar.
		The Court and Spark is more consistently mellow, with vocalist M.C. Taylor's laid-back croon recalling the gravelly wisdom of Crooked Fingers' Eric Bachmann.
		Behind his voice, instruments are layered like a tightly woven tapestry: A pedal steel guitar, hammered dulcimer and piano carry melodies in "We Were All Uptown Rulers," while instrumental tracks such as the almost jazzy "Smoke Signals" give "Hearts" a welcome burst of energy.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/06/AR2006070600425_pf.html (320 words)

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