Sean Connaughty

Experimental / Folk / Acoustic

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About

Connaughty recorded the bulk of his debut solo release "Blacklock" in the summer of 2003 during an artist residency at the Blacklock Nature Sanctuary. Recorded mainly in a pole barn situated on 600 acres of land, "Blacklock" is a spare acoustic album of improvised singing along with a few composed tunes and a cover of "Avalanche", a Leonard Cohen song. Only 50 copies were made. They were all given away at the opening of a solo show of Connaughty's paintings at the Soo Visual Arts Center. The pattern continues in "FIVE HANDS TALL" The new cd from the Mutant Music label. Connaughty sits down in front of his four track in his living room and starts playing, with no preconceived idea. Sometimes he has a basic chord structure, or simply a key in mind. "The music is simple to allow me to concentrate on the formulation of lyrics. A timing and a rythym are established and I start singing." Sticking with his belief that something happens during improvisation that can't be replicated, his new album "FIVE HANDS TALL" is all improvised. The initial vocal and acoustic guitar tracks were recorded at home and then Dave Onnen, owner of the Mutant Music label, along with Connaughty, recorded overdubs in his living room, bringing in various musicians and vocalists to embellish the initial tracks.

Bizarre narratives emerge, and we are drawn into a shifting and strangely coherent world. Characters emerge. The enigmatic Mr. Whitaker, an everpresent figure that seems to be the equivalent of Jesus, or a nagging conscience. Glory, a woman, also may represent the dynasty of america. Glory, for the first time encounters an enemy that is insidious enough to undermine her maverick beauty, by capturing her in her most vulnerable place, The Mall. Aliens adorn the landscape, and the burnt scent of apocalyptic american folk music pervades "FIVE HANDS TALL" . Connaughty's vocal style is honest and uninhibited.

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Jul 13, 2007

A History of the Earth

Here are some images of the work installed:

The following video is part of the Video contained in "A History of the Earth" KARMA documents the chopping down of a diseased Elm tree, shot from my window, on Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis.
I tagged the tree with the word …

Garden Project 2007 in progress

At my residence in Minneapolis, The Environmental Protection Agency,tested our soil and discovered arsenic at unacceptable levels, The soil was removed to a depth of 18 inches, and replaced by clean soil. This project documents the process of removing and replacing the …

Gallery Co

SATURDAY APRIL 19 2007 5-9PM
Gallery Co
400 First ave north
Minneapolis, MN
612.332.5252 WWW.GALLERYCO.NET

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Due to the risky nature of the venture the (censored) decided to keep the …