Other Music of New York City is now carrying The Tree People, thanks to some good work by Johan of Tiliqua Records. This is really nice because they might reach some new listeners with their big city connections. Here is what they have to say on their web site:
The Tree People
(Tiliqua)
Thought this might've been unreleased songs by Doug Martsch's old band, but this is a reissue of a legendary late '70s private-press folk album out of Oregon, led by guitarist and songwriter Stephen Cohen. Within lie nine thoroughly stunning examples of outsider folk, informed by the heat of Delta blues and the darker direction of serious, post-Woodstock singer-songwriter a la Joni Mitchell or Van Morrison, all the while serving within and without the traditions of American folk. The arrangements here are cunning yet gentle; the playing assured in stature but evocative and searching in execution. Rests aside the Gary Higgins and Virgin Insanity reissues as a pinnacle of beatific, pristinely executed 20th century folk. Cohen's musicianship is something you could get lost in for hours on end. [DM]
"The Tree People", a vinyl album recorded in a studio in the woods in Oregon in 1979, was reissued as a CD in 2006 by Tiliqua Records of Japan and as a vinyl record by Guerssen Records of Spain in 2008. Their 2nd album "Human Voices", recorded in 1984, was reissued by Guerssen in vinyl and as a CD in 2009. The 3rd and last Tree People album, "It's My Story" was released by Guerssen in 2010. This is their story.
