Faun Fables

Faun Fables is the name of the atmospheric, slightly witchy psych folk music of Dawn McCarthy. Currently on the Drag City label, her performances draw on Eastern European music like Ewa Demarczyk, and often contain elements of mime. She is often lumped in with other neo-psych-folk artists like Devendra Banhart, and Current 93.

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Her albums and shows sometimes contain collaborations with Nils Frykdahl (of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum), Matt Waldron (of Irr App Ext), Robin Coomer (of Loopstation), Kirana Peyton (of Blackbird Stitches, Noe Venable and family members Sheila McCarthy (of Autobody and Flaming Fire, Brian McCarthy and mother Michelina.

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Faun Fables has released three albums: Family Album (2004), Mother Twilight (2001) and Early Song (2000).

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Psych folk: Psych folk or Psychedelic folk is a music genre which began through the blending of folk music and psychedelic music in the 1960s. It is generally acoustic or mixes acoustic instrumentation with other influences, usually something weird or atmospheric. Often chanting or world music influences are us...

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Drag City: Drag City is a Chicago, Illinois based independent record label. It was established in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn....

Faun Fables related Images and Photos (experimental)

Fables Bigby Wolf Bust	Fables Snow White Bust	Aesop's Fables	Aesop's Fables
Faun and Nymph 1868	Fables Deluxe Edition Hardcover Volume #3 Graphic Novel	Female Faun with Her Child	Aesop Author of Fables
Nijinsky's Faun Costume in "L'Apres Midi D'Un Faune" by Claude Debussy	The Dog and the Wolf from Fables by Jean de La Fontaine	Illustration for "The Dog and the Ox" from Aesop's Fables 1666	Vaslav Nijinsky in 'L'Apres Midi d'un Faun'