Bone Orchard - Daniel Pretends Eagle and Carol Morgan-Eagle
Taos, New Mexico, United States | Established. Jan 01, 1999 | SELF
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Press
"Bone Orchard is phenomenal" - The Horsefly by Justin Max Bailey
"The music and lyrics of Bone Orchard fall somewhere between alt-country and Americana. To get a sense of their sound, imagine Appalachian bluegrass breaking down into the outlaw West's dark side. While the catchy melodies, peppered with a driving banjo and lilting mandoin will have you toe-tappin' and hummin' along...." - Emily Drabanski
Ruckus: Pile of Them Bones
By Gabe Gomez
Published: November 28, 2007
" gaining a reputation as one of the most exciting acts in New Mexico......
Bone Orchard symbolizes the romanticized spirit of the West.... the sensibility of Bone Orchard’s..........songwriting and performance finds the hidden beauty among the sand and stones." - Santa Fe Reporter - Gabe Gomez
4 out of 5 Horses
"Beautifully packed....a must"
"Het resultaat is een – overigens fraai verpakte - aanrader." (René Leverink)
- www.altcountry.nl - Rene' Leverik
...like the strange cousin of folk music that grew up on equal parts Joy Division and Hank Williams.....Marry that to the quiet strength and grandeur (the gravitas, if you will) of the compositions and you have songs to accompany the sun setting behind the Rockies as seen from the porch of a house abandoned before your grandfather was born. Lovely.
Jord'n Block - www.Sepiachord.com
Ruckus: Pile of Them Bones
By Gabe Gomez
Published: November 28, 2007
" gaining a reputation as one of the most exciting acts in New Mexico......
Bone Orchard symbolizes the romanticized spirit of the West.... the sensibility of Bone Orchard’s..........songwriting and performance finds the hidden beauty among the sand and stones." - Santa Fe Reporter - Gabe Gomez
"where adventure meets tradition....
sounds like the orphan child of a traditional string band and The Velvet Underground. Bloodcurdlingly beautiful.....
mouthwatering americana"
full review on website - www.moorsmagazine.com Netherlands
CD review for
"A Romance of Ghosts" 2007
"a standout.... Bone Orchard has a way with the dark gothic western, painting a vivid landscape of seekers, outlaws, death and madness......A talent for telling a story in the American tradition... A fine effort" - The Taos News
"One of my favorite bands from the Thirsty Ear Music Festival lineup.
A high charged set!" - Santa Fe New Mexican by Steve Terrell
CD review
"A Romance of Ghosts" 2007
"highly recommended....not about the vanishing west, but about the way in which traces of that violent but romantic era lie lurking just beneath the surface of modern times. Worth checking out" - Santa Fe New Mexican
"right from the beginning of the sublime Pretty Polly it's clear this group possesses something special.....one of the most compelling folk rock numbers that we have heard so far this year"
"no one can deny that this is one of the most exciting folkrock cds of recent times"
Eric Von Dom Scipio - Heaven Magazine The Netherlands
Discography
New Cd to be released Winter 2022
"A Romance of Ghosts" 2007
Bone Orchard "Self Titled" 2002
Single - "Dancing With The Ghost of William Bonney" 2008 German compilation cd "Crawling Tunes" by Crawling Tunes Magazine released world wide on BOB Media
"The Revolution Collection- Americana" released by Revolution Records 2005 track - "O Death Why aren't thou Bitter"
"The Best of New Mexico Western" track -" Don't Go Cuttin" on My Cattle" released by Frontiersman2 2005
Listen to 2 min. song clips at http://cdbaby.com/cd/boneorchard
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Bio
Think of a darkness lit by kerosene lanterns, a wailing train whistle in the background, you're in a gypsy minstrel's tent……or maybe you're drinkin' tequila on an New Mexican veranda, the sounds of a horse galloping away into the darkness... or you're sauntering through the streets of old Santa Fe with the faint strains of a Spanish tune in the background. You're in Bone Orchard territory….where the men are wicked and the women are wilder…and the music takes you on a journey down dark dusty alleyways, where sometimes you catch glimpses of strange visions through the silk curtains of opium dens and the swinging doors of saloons that you know you shouldn't enter……but you do.
Drawing inspiration for their original songs from the mythology and landscapes of the old and new American Southwest, Bone Orchard shows are characterized by Daniel Pretends Eagle and Carol Morgan-Eagle’s haunting harmonies. With Daniel’s unique approach to the acoustic guitar combining spanish, appalachian and alt-rock influences, Chipper’s feedback slide mandolin, Michael Chavez's steady drumbeat and Paul Reid holding down the Bass rhythm, Bone Orchard creates a sound like no one else. Take a journey through a Celtic, Gypsy Spaghetti Western landscape that will keep you dancing the night away.
Daniel Pretends Eagle and Carol Morgan-Eagle are the heart and marrow of Bone Orchard, writing, creating and producing all their own music from their home in the mountains of Northern New Mexico. After meeting in the thriving underground music scene of Los Angeles, where Daniel, hailed by the LA Weekly as one of LA's best unsigned guitarists, fronted roots-punk band The Peckinpahs, the two of them relocated to Taos, New Mexico in the early 90's where the high desert landscape and mythology merged and formed into their Southwest Americana style and sound
Their last cd "A Romance of Ghosts" was considered by Heaven Magazine of The Netherlands to be "one of the most exciting folkrock cds of recent times". New cd coming soon!
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