Luke Schneider Presents Imaginational Anthem vol. XI : Chrome Universal - A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel (Tompkins Square)

What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like

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WHAT WE SAY

Ambient Americana might not even exist, or at least would be in decidedly more electronic territory if it weren't for the pedal steel guitar. Its sound simultaneously serenades the wide open US wilderness, gazes at star littered skies in wonderment & keens in tandem with nature's current death throes. Luke Schneider has done a fine job of showcasing some of the finest modern exponents of this deliciously hazy, unhurried instrument for Tompkins Square.

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What The Release Notes Say

Curated by in-demand Nashville pedal steel maverick and Third Man recording artist Luke Schneider, the eleventh volume of Tompkins Square’s venerable acoustic guitar series ‘Imaginational Anthem’ features exclusive tracks by legend BJ Cole, as well as leading exponents on the instrument including Susan Alcorn, Luke himself, and British expat /Nashville hotshot Spencer Cullum among others. Nashville native and Merge recording artist William Tyler has written a beautiful detailed history of the pedal steel for the package ( for the CD & LP only). 

(We will release on other formats later. This is our first-ever cassette, and this is the only way folks can hear it, for now).

CREDITS
​1) BJ Cole - Ely Revisited 
2) Jonny Lam - Rainbow Across the Valley 
3) Rocco Deluca - Many Singing Softly 
4) Luke Schneider - Yosemite 

5) Spencer Cullum - An Ode to Dungeness 
6) Barry Walker Jr. - I Will Tread Upon the Lion and the Cobra 
7) Susan Alcorn - Gilmor Blue 
8) Maggie Bjorkland - Lysgliimt 
9) Will Van Horn - Attwater 


Compiled by Luke Schneider 
Design by D. Norsen 
Masrtered by Gary Hobish

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