Larkin Grimm
Larkin Grimm
Time is a Spiral #2
Makes Joanna Newsome sound staid. Larkin Grimm has a great story -her hippie parents were living in a commune/cult (The Holy Order of MANS) when Larkin was born. At 7, she moved to the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains so her parents could study fiddle and banjo music. Larkin went off to Yale on a scholarship (painting) where she quickly quit and found herself hitchhiking across Alaska.
She landed back on Earth (sort of) where she puts out out some very eerie, quirky and touching music sung in a trance-like ecstatic free-range roots holler. She also plays guitar, banjo, dulcimer, pennywhislte and drums. Mmm. Look out for a full length LP Parplar on Feb ’09. I find her a bit scary in a very good way.
Larkin says a Cherokee shaman named Jezebel Crow found her on the mountaintop and lured her to her truck with the promise of maple syrup and sausages. She became her ” first great teacher, initiating me into the shamanic practice of using natural hallucinogens to gain spiritual wisdom. On one such trip, I got my first jolt of golden light to the brain and was possessed by a forest spirit who taught me to sing.”
on December 24th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Maple syrup and sausages? Is that all it takes?
on December 24th, 2008 at 10:25 am
I just confirmed with Ariel: He knows Larkin Grimm from the Sidewalk Cafe scene. Ariel plays there often. One night, this incredibly sexy and talented woman showed up at the cafe and announced that her car had broken down, leaving her stuck in NYC, so she figured she’d play some songs. Ariel says she stuck around for about a month. He thinks he “may have hit on her, or something.”
on December 24th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Ariel just needed to produce his sausage. If he only knew Lavorgna.
on December 24th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Ariel suggests we also check out Elizabeth Devlin:
http://www.myspace.com/elizabethdevlin
And I agree. She reminds me of CocoRosie, with an autoharp.
on December 29th, 2008 at 11:10 am
I will check out Ms Devlin and good on Ariel for hitting on Larkin Grimm. I have the impression she may hit back.