What Is It That Ever Was?, by Josephine Foster

What Is It That Ever Was?

by Josephine Foster

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1.	Asafoetida 04:27		buy track
2.	By'n by 02:14	info	buy track
3.	Fohad takes five strides 01:23		buy track
4.	Go 02:09		buy track
5.	It's understood 00:36		buy track
6.	Everybody rains down on me 02:03		buy track
7.	Found your freedom 02:34		buy track
8.	It isn't what the martyrs brang 01:58		buy track
9.	On the eve of our destruction 03:33		buy track
10.	Three-tongued flame of the four wicks 01:27		buy track
11.	Song of Oshim 01:38	info	buy track
12.	Lullaby 02:10	info	buy track
13.	Song of Bashi 03:04	info	buy track
14.	These two are the germ 05:14	info	buy track
15.	The blind man stood on the road and cried 04:42	info	buy track
16.	Saptaparna 01:43		buy track

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Feeding Tube LP limited release of 400:
feedingtuberecords.com/releases/what-is-it-that-ever-was/

Vinylization of a tour CDR, Josephine recorded at home around the time of A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. Accompanying herself on guitar and piano, with some drum & vocal help from Brian Goodman, the album is a glorious once-lost-now-found piece of the fascinating musical puzzle that is the music of Josephine Foster.
While Foster’s music is clearly consonant with the current trends in avant-völk music (here, especially, on her wild readings from the Tibetan Book of Dzyan), another large portion of her muse seems rooted in the parlor music tradition that predates recorded sound. At times, when she is playing piano and singing, you can almost imagine she’s channeling the spirit of a long-gone frontier maiden, belting out her soul’s truths on an old upright piano in a dusty living room. It feels like an improvised soundtrack to Michael Lesy’s Wisconsin Death Trip.
But the work presented on this album is neither static nor easily categorized. Josephine follows her muse wherever it goes, and (like her) it is peripatetic as all get-out. From free rock slugfests, to tunes that float with the easy clarity of hymns, What is It That Ever Was offers peek into the private creative process of one of this generation’s great original voices.
Don’t be shy.
-Byron Coley, 2021

credits

released January 1, 2006

gtr/electric gtr, piano, and vox:
Josephine Foster
drums on tracks 1, 3, 10, 14, & additional voice on track 1:
Brian Goodman

Recorded and arranged by JF in CO and IN
Mastering by John Dawson
Remastered in 2021 by Caleb Mulkerin at tank 28
Artwork and photos by JF
Layout/design by Thomas Derwent

Originally self released as a tour CD-R (2006)

"Six Spontaneous songs" (tracks 4-9) were improvised and simultaneously recorded around 10 am on 9th of March, 2006

The Three paraphrases are recited from "The Secret Doctrine" by Blavatsky

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Josephine Foster Colorado

Glorified Amateur Recordings is the small record label of Josephine Foster started in February 2021, and is focussed on sharing her home recorded and live archives.

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shows

Apr 27

EartH

London, UK
Apr 27

Courtyard Theatre

London, UK
May 2

Brotfabrik

Frankfurt, Germany
May 3

Zionskirche

Berlin, Germany
May 10

BLÅ

Oslo, Norway
May 11

SPITZER

Vienna, Austria
May 21

Portland Arms

Cambridge, UK
May 22

Common Ground

Oxford, UK
May 28

Dabadaba

San Sebastián, Spain
May 29

Sala Lisa

Lisbon, Portugal

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