Photo by Will Hackney.
As we near the fateful date of this year's bliss-tacular TRKfest, we'll be periodically profiling each band that will be gracing the stage. We'll tell you who they are, why they're special and why we invited them to play.
Artist: Ezekiel Graves
Hails from: Chapel Hill, via Tryon
Played TRKfest?: No sir, first-timer
Zeke Graves is a Chapel Hill based sound artist, basically capable of mastering any musical style he takes an interest in. We first were introduced to his music with Cold Sides, a heady and sometimes experimental post rock band that, along with Sorry About Dresden and The White Octave, first got us interested in local music when we were growing up. Later on, Zeke turned his focus to electronic projects like Datahata and Kinoeye, releasing brilliant "techno" and minimalist dance music on FrequNC Records. Then in the Summer of 2009, we moved in with him! Trekky Records was looking for a new headquarters and music living space, and Zeke just happened to have a giant, music friendly house we could take over. It wasn't til after we'd been living with Zeke for a few months that we realized he was also a devoted student of rural finger-picking styles and open-tuning Piedmont Blues. Zeke had in fact been playing these styles of music for years, influenced by artists like Doc Watson and Elizabeth Cotten while growing up in Tryon, a small town in Western North Carolina. After hearing Zeke play countless rags, hillbilly tunes and country blues numbers through the walls of his bedroom, we invited him to play this year's TRKfest. Zeke will be playing early on in the festival, so arrive promptly to see him slay on the steel six-string, metal-bodied resonator and lap steel.
MP3 | Ezekiel Graves - Special Rider Blues [from the Live at Antfarm Studios EP]
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