Or, Songs for Lucy Parsons The May Day Orchestra   Vinyl   2009 “The ‘Folk Opera’ concerning the labor question” according to its liner notes, this is the debut release from The May Day Orchestra, a group started by Tim Rakel in 2008 to write historically-rooted albums with various musical accompaniment. Words for the songs … Continue reading May Day →

The May Day Orchestra   CD/Vinyl   2010 The second ‘folk opera’ by The May Day Orchestra tells the story of Ota Benga, a pygmy man who was taken from Congo and put on display at the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis. A simultaneous narrative about Roger Casement weaves into the songs as does … Continue reading Ota Benga →

Little Big Bangs (st) Little Big Bangs   CD/Vinyl   2013   $10-15       May Day The May Day Orchestra   Vinyl   2009   $12     Ota Benga The May Day Orchestra   CD/Vinyl   2010   $10-15       Postcarious Breakaway   CD   2014   $5-10