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Revision as of 00:29, 7 July 2023
Ode to Galesburg is a 2015 album by Stephen Prina. The album is part of his 2016 exhibition "Galesburg, Illinois+".
Background
Petzel Gallery press release
Streaming through the gallery, Prina’s thirteen-track sound installation Ode to Galesburg forms the emotional heart of the project. The music has an alluring effect in the exhibition space and is an invitation to linger. This is a concept album that Prina sings to us, containing folk songs from Carl Sandburg’s The American Songbag and a cover of a Carole King’s “It’s Too Late,” among others. His voice and the guitar sounds, but also the rattling of a passing train, fill the room from nine loudspeakers. [...]
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Installation view, 2018
Track list
| Song | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | We'll Roll Back the Prices | From The Great Carl Sandburg: Songs of America (1957) |
| 2. | Jay Gould's Daughter | From The Great Carl Sandburg: Songs of America (1957) |
| 3. | Harbour Lights | |
| 4. | He's Gone Away | From The Great Carl Sandburg: Songs of America (1957) |
| 5. | It's Too Late | From Carole King's Tapestry (1971) |
| 6. | Roll the Old Chariot | |
| 7. | Lyrics from the New York Times' Quotation of the Day (2015) | |
| 8. | Lonesome Road | |
| 9. | Harbor Lights | From Boz Scaggs' Silk Degrees (1976) |
| 10. | Casey Jones | From The Great Carl Sandburg: Songs of America (1957) |
| 11. | Cigarettes Will Spoil Yer Life | From The Great Carl Sandburg: Songs of America (1957) |
| 12. | Lyrics from the New York Times' Quotation of the Day (2015) |
Retrospectives
Reviews
Art Catalogues
June 5, 2018[1]
Daniel Healey
[...] The exhibition ties together a sparse but interconnected set of tables, swathes of upholstery fabric displays (Harbor Lights Supper Club insignia taken from a match book printed on fabric) painted frames, window screens, objects, photographs, paintings, giclee prints and music (self-made album Ode to Galesburg) playing in between a custom designed seating arrangement, speakers on opposite walls both facing cushions and seated viewers. Reminiscent of Martin Kippenberger's cover songs but perhaps more deadpan (less schlocky) is Prina's style and wit, maybe even sincere because he actually covered Carol King's "It's Too Late" while in high school, possibly in front of John Cage coincidentally. [...] It's difficult to say whether or not the music is supposed to feel sincere or have emotional connection between the artist and his hometown, or lineage for the artifacts and memories it evokes, however the viewer might have the feeling that the songs act as a proxy for the heartbeat of Prina or for the town's spirit itself.