Norfolk & Western

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Impossible 03:42 Tools
The Shortest Stare 00:00 Tools
The Longest Stare 05:30 Tools
Letters Opened in the Bar 02:57 Tools
Jealousy, It's True 00:00 Tools
From the Interests of Few 00:00 Tools
The New Rise Of Labor 00:00 Tools
Kelly Bauman 00:00 Tools
How To Reel In 00:00 Tools
Barrels On Fire 00:00 Tools
Hiding Home 04:13 Tools
Terrified 00:00 Tools
Atget Waltz 00:00 Tools
Oslo 00:00 Tools
Drifter 00:00 Tools
A Marriage Proposal 00:00 Tools
Disappear 00:00 Tools
The Tired Words 00:00 Tools
Banish All Rock 00:00 Tools
Rehearsing La Dolce Vita 00:00 Tools
A Gilded Age 00:00 Tools
Arrangements Made 00:00 Tools
No Else Where He Can Go 00:00 Tools
A Hymnal 00:00 Tools
The Longest Stare (Reprise) 00:00 Tools
At or After Dusk 00:00 Tools
Every Morning 00:00 Tools
Watch The Days Slowly Fade 00:00 Tools
Porch Destruction 00:00 Tools
Opinion 00:00 Tools
Clyde & New Orleans 00:00 Tools
A Voice Through The Wall 00:00 Tools
Minor Daughter 00:00 Tools
We Were All Saints 00:00 Tools
There Are No Places Left For Us 00:00 Tools
So That's How It Is 00:00 Tools
Turkish Wine 00:00 Tools
Final Gratitude 00:00 Tools
The Long Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Ancient Cry 00:00 Tools
Angel Feet 00:00 Tools
Future Mother 00:00 Tools
The Evergreen 00:00 Tools
Whippoorwill Song 00:00 Tools
Not for Good 00:00 Tools
Hegira 00:00 Tools
Your Sunday Best 00:00 Tools
Of Divided Night 00:00 Tools
Local Posts 02:52 Tools
All the Towns Near Boston 00:00 Tools
This is a Number 5 05:45 Tools
Slide 00:00 Tools
Sound West 00:00 Tools
The Absence of Photographs 00:00 Tools
Silent Misinterpreters 00:00 Tools
Slide (Reprise) 00:00 Tools
They Spoke of History 00:00 Tools
At Dawn or Dusk 00:00 Tools
What the Days Are Called 00:00 Tools
Thoughts of a Fictional Bride 00:00 Tools
The Things We Do On Sundays 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow's Portraits for the Coming Winter 00:00 Tools
Headphone Brigade 00:00 Tools
Edison 00:00 Tools
Et Le Reve Fraichit 00:00 Tools
She Won't Be Famous 00:00 Tools
Missed Holidays (An Exchange For A Watercolor) 00:00 Tools
Song for a Shtetl 00:00 Tools
Border Oklahoma 00:00 Tools
Say Goodbye (Play Me a Melody) 00:00 Tools
West Destination 00:00 Tools
Day One 02:55 Tools
You Can Always Return 00:00 Tools
My Ambiguity Frustrates 00:00 Tools
Take Off Your Diamonds 00:00 Tools
Her Averah 00:00 Tools
I'm Waiting in Writing 00:00 Tools
Joe the Stalker (previously unreleased) 00:00 Tools
The Dowery 00:00 Tools
Settle in 00:00 Tools
Centralia (Washington-California) 00:00 Tools
Her Fond Creation True 00:00 Tools
Approval from Anyone (previously unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Spanish Thoughts (Excerpt) 00:00 Tools
Martyr Brave 00:00 Tools
Sue and the Short Order Cook from Chesterfield, SC 00:00 Tools
my funny valentine 00:00 Tools
terrified (master) 00:00 Tools
The Recidivist 00:00 Tools
Final Gratitude (hinah session) 00:00 Tools
My Latest Machination 00:00 Tools
From 1910 00:00 Tools
UK Humor 00:00 Tools
Of Divided Night (hinah session) 00:00 Tools
This Is What Really Happened 00:00 Tools
Black Rock 00:00 Tools
Joe the Stalker - previously unreleased 00:00 Tools
Accents of Praise (The Rise of Labor) 00:00 Tools
On Your Way to This 00:00 Tools
McCullum 00:00 Tools
Approval from Anyone - previously unreleased 00:00 Tools
Sue and the Short Order Cook from Chesterfield, SC - previously unreleased 00:00 Tools
Wend 00:00 Tools
Joe the Stalker 00:00 Tools
A Marriage Proposal (hinah session) 00:00 Tools
Approval From Anyone 00:00 Tools
When I Sleep 00:00 Tools
Kelly Bauman [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Kelly Bauman (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
A Hymnal (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Evergreen - Sick Puppies 00:00 Tools
A Hymnal [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Centralia 00:00 Tools
How's Your Life at the Altar 00:00 Tools
Something Less Obvious 00:00 Tools
How's Your Life At the Altar? 00:00 Tools
this is what 00:00 Tools
Sue and the Short Order Cook from Chesterfield, SC (bonus) 00:00 Tools
Joe the Stalker (bonus) 00:00 Tools
Approval From Anyone (bonus) 00:00 Tools
a deft-defying brand of kitch 00:00 Tools
let your subjects shine 00:00 Tools
Norfolk & Western - Ancient Cry 00:00 Tools
Sue And The Short Order Cook 00:00 Tools
Close Your / My Mind / Eyes 00:00 Tools
A Guilded Age 00:00 Tools
Evergreen 00:00 Tools
Torch Song 00:00 Tools
Missed Holidays 00:00 Tools
rom the interests of few 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow's Portraits For The.. 00:00 Tools
Track 02 00:00 Tools
08 - slide 00:00 Tools
Centralia (Washington- Calif.. 00:00 Tools
There Are No Places Left For U 00:00 Tools
02 from the interests of few 00:00 Tools
Hymnal [Instrumental] 00:00 Tools
Hymnal (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
01 the shortest stare 00:00 Tools
At Dawn Or After Dusk.. 00:00 Tools
To Know Her (Is To Love Her) 00:00 Tools
03 a gilded age 00:00 Tools
Dowery 00:00 Tools
So That's How It Is? 00:00 Tools
10 west destination 00:00 Tools
Norfolk and Western - "The Unsung Colony" Sampler Mix 00:00 Tools
Amarriage Proposal 00:00 Tools
Voice Through the Wall 00:00 Tools
05 edison 00:00 Tools
07 banish all rock 00:00 Tools
12 you can always return 00:00 Tools
Track 06 00:00 Tools
Norfolk and Western - "A Gilded Age" Sampler Mix 00:00 Tools
Spanish Thoughts (Excerpt) [Excerpt) 00:00 Tools
From The Interests Of A Few 00:00 Tools
Marie 00:00 Tools
11 day one 00:00 Tools
09 porch destination 00:00 Tools
04 et le reve fraichit 00:00 Tools
Et Le Rêve Fraîchit 00:00 Tools
06 she won't be famous 00:00 Tools
Letters Opened In A Bar 00:00 Tools
08 song for a shtetl 00:00 Tools
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Norfolk and Western are from Portland, Oregon and play folk music that includes, as part of its stage set-up and sound ensemble, a turn-of the-century Victrola Grammaphone. The band consists of core members and couple Adam Selzer (band founder, guitar, lead vocals) and Rachel Blumberg (drums, keyboards, backing vocals) with rotating cast members Tony Moreno (guitar, banjo, accordion, found sounds), Amanda Lawrence (viola), Dave Depper (bass, vocals, piano), Cory Gray (trumpet, piano), and Peter Broderick (violin, banjo, saw, mandolin, theramin, and accordion). Norfolk and Western began as the recording project of Adam with friends playing various instruments, and evolved over time to become the fully orchestrated band it is today. In the early days Norfolk and Western's sound was whispery, intimate, elegant folk music laced with creaky old instruments and atmospheric sound collages. The band still retains glimmers of this original form, but with their latest release, A Gilded Age, they defy their usual descriptors and comparisons. The songs on A Gilded Age cascade dynamically and unrelentingly, beginning with the Victrola and string swell opening of "Porch Destruction" to the overdriven guitar and banjo attack of the title track. Each song serves the whole, adding layers of depth, drama, and subtlety to an undeniable tapestry of music. The interplay between light and dark, loud and soft--is expertly realized by Norfolk and Western both on this record and during their enthralling live show, which features band members frequently switching instruments and film accompaniment. Norfolk and Western will be touring in support of the release A Gilded Age in Spring and Summer of 2006. Adam Selzer now plays at times with the band Weinland. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.