David Ramirez
The Austin songwriter discusses finding freedom in between playing his songs “Twins” and “Stone Age”. More
This Town
Fogged Clarity debuts The Executive Function’s song “This Town” in a new music video. More
The Les Cheneaux Sessions 2015, No. 9
Filmed in September 2015, Paul Pickering reads his poem “On the Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River” just before Judson Claiborne performs his song “Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning” with help from horns, strings, and Rosie Tucker. Paul Pickering grew up in Selma, Alabama. He earned an M.A. in English from the University of Alabama at… More
In Good Faith
As beautiful as it is relevant, here’s Will Oldham performing his new song, “In Good Faith”. LYRICS In good faith: Rocks are buried beneath tons of earth to become diamonds With the gift of the sunlight the kudzu vine goes climbing I open my heart to a world not of my making We open our… More
The Les Cheneaux Sessions 2015, No. 8
In a boathouse on Lake Huron Jefferey Schultz reads a poem to introduce Chris Bathgate and friends cover of Etta James’ “Anything to Say You’re Mine.” More
The Les Cheneaux Sessions 2015, No. 7
Anna Vogelzang performs her song “Bear” amid brass glint and lake shine in our 7th Les Cheneaux Session. More
The Les Cheneaux Sessions 2015, No. 6
The Hand in the Ocean performs their song “Recompressed” as torches and bonfires burn. More
The Les Cheneaux Sessions 2015, No. 5
Accompanied by horns, Rosie Tucker performs a staggering version of her song, “Habit”. More
The Les Cheneaux Sessions 2015, No. 4
Paul Pickering reads his poem “A Vision of Orpheus Descending” in front of an ancient block house on the shores of Lake Huron. It is the 4th of our 2015 Les Cheneaux Sessions. More
The Les Cheneaux Sessions 2015, No. 3
Amid the fire of torches on a Lake Huron dock, Judson Claiborne performs “Beasts Make War, Angels Make Holy War” More
The Les Cheneaux Sessions 2015, No. 2
Jeffrey Schultz reads a poem about the soul in the frozen foods aisle of an abandoned grocery store in Michigan. More
The Les Cheneaux Sessions 2015, No. 1
Chris Bathgate is filmed playing pump organ, accompanied by strings and horns, on a grass tennis court on Lake Huron. More
Will Oldham plays Leonard Cohen
Will Oldham aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy covers Leonard Cohen’s “Hunter’s Lullaby”. Will Oldham is a musician and actor living in Louisville, Kentucky. Since 1993, he has released over twenty albums as Palace Brothers, Palace Music, Palace Songs, and the pseudonym under which he has recorded for the past seventeen years, Bonnie “Prince” Billy. As an… More
Euthalia Sonata
The 1st movement of Andrew Trovato’s “Euthalia Sonata” as filmed in a Boston reading room. More
Van Lente
In the third of “Fogged Clarity’s” Les Cheneaux Sessions, folksinger and banjoist Van Lente is filmed playing in a cedar forest at sunset. More
Molly Sullivan
Songwriter Molly Sullivan sings haunting hallelujahs in this 3-song session filmed for Fogged Clarity in the courtyard of Birmingham’s famed Garage Cafe. More
Will Oldham Sings “Horses”
“Everybody’s got an angel / but here’s that devil by my side…” More
Chris Bathgate
A stunning, human session by an extrodinary musician shot on the dazzling shores of Lake Huron. More
Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Bonnie “Prince” Billy sings Hank Williams and two traditional folk songs, the second acapella, in this beautiful session recorded in Louisville, Kentucky. More
The Hand in the Ocean
A transcendent video session featuring the Detroit-based post-folk trio “The Hand in the Ocean”, shot on location in Northern Michigan’s Les Cheneaux Islands. More