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10 WHAT'S UP! AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 LISTEN HERE! Grammy Nominee Reimagines Folk Songs Of Hope, Unity "Where Have All My Friends Gone?" BOYO Park the Van Records BOYO's new album "Where Have All My Friends Gone?", out June 26, and its titular phrase reflect the sentiments of loss, isolation and confusion the Los Angeles-based and bred multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Robert Tilden experienced while a 2017 health scare turned his world upside down. Just as his career was beginning to pick up speed, Tilden began experiencing random, unexplained seizures and spent more than a year under the care of specialists, leaving his career — and health — in question. In 2018, Tilden was finally diagnosed with an acute form of frontal lobe epilepsy, was prescribed the right daily regimen of pills, and has been free of seizures ever since. Slowly, life became less of a daily crisis, but the experience left him alienated. The isolation had taken its toll. Finding himself alone for much of the time, Tilden seized the opportunity to make a record entirely on his own. Working mostly in his bedroom, he found comfort in the work of songwriters like Bradford Cox and Mark Linkous. Fusing those artists' ability to turn the bleak into beauty with his own new-found focus on songwriting and production, the foundation of "Where Have All My Friends Gone?" was formed. "Metal, Meat & Bone" The Residents Cryptic Corporation Art-rock group The Residents are never ones to look back as they are so often reinventing the face of the future. The Residents released a double disc recording, "Metal, Meat & Bone," based on newly discovered recordings of Alvin Snow (a.k.a. Dyin' Dog) on July 10. The album features 10 Dyin' Dog Demos, 10 interpre- tations of the demos by The Residents and six new works inspired by Dyin' Dog. To know the story of Alvin Snow a.k.a. Dyin' Dog, one must enter the world of an ultimate outsider turned bluesman. Born on Friday, Jan. 13, 1939, the albino was abandoned on the steps of an orphanage. Snow's unspoken rage and overpowering air of entitlement allowed him to evade lawyers, angry victims and the police, but lurking in the dark creases of his psyche a beast haunted his every being. Before the debut performance of his 10 recorded demos on Jan. 13, 1976, Snow vanished and was never to be heard from again. In September 2019, the Dyin' Dog Demos were extraordinarily released as a box set. The Residents bring these long-lost songs to fans worldwide with the release of "Metal, Meat & Bone." "Rattle the Cages" Warren Givens A true son of the new, progressive South, Warren Givens has spent the last half of his life on the move, chasing a muse — from Mississippi to Nashville to New Orleans to Austin — but it wasn't until he returned to Asheville, N. C. that Givens saw the clearer, bigger, balanced picture. Givens released "Rattle the Cages" on Aug. 7, a full-length album in two parts; the first half being electric, synthe- sized, rock and roll versions of his new songs and the second half the same songs, dialed back to the acoustic roots of what made Givens tick in the first place. "Rattle the Cages" gives fans a look into the extreme ends of what a set of songs can sound like from inception to release, all while navigating a global pandemic throughout the recording process. American Songwriter premiered the album's title track(s), prais- ing Givens's tried and true approach of "making good music for people to dig — after that, let the chips fall where they may." "Someday" Falu & Karyshma Falu & Karyshma released "Someday" on Aug. 28. The album contains their interpretations of traditional Indian songs that span centuries and center on themes of oneness and universal human experience. One of the band members, Falu, is the first Indian female singer-songwriter to be nominated for a Grammy. Falu & Karyshma have performed for the Obamas at The White House, as well as at India's official Independence Day celebrations, The TIME 100 Gala and Carnegie Hall. The New York Times has praised their sound as bridging "East and West, ancient and modern." On the album, the group focuses on universal stories of love and loss, of connection and separation. To reimagine these age-old songs, Falu & Karyshma harnessed instruments and sounds from all corners of India, as well as American layers and a feel drawn from across continents, highlighting the unifying power of music. With no live music to list, this spot will be filled by news and reviews of new albums, both local and national. Send informa- tion about your new releases to Jocelyn Murphy at jmurphy@ nwadg.com.