“In Gowan Ring seems to invoke a magical state and to take the listener out of this reality into another. ”

— Woven Wheat Whispers

IN GOWAN RING

The SYMBOLIST FOLK MUSIC of In Gowan Ring channels stories of stones and angels through homemade instruments and human voice. Uncanny harmonies unearth a visionary sonic tapestry, engaging in mythic landscapes to weave the transcendental and the mundane.

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[PRESS TEXT]

The Symbolist Folk Music of In Gowan Ring channels stories of stones and angels through homemade instruments and human voice. A unique synthesis of folk, medieval and psychedelia where Uncanny harmonies unearth a visionary sonic tapestry, engaging in mythic landscapes to weave the transcendental and the mundane. Led by the hermit bard B'ee, with a revolving cast of compatriots and fellow travelers, In Gowan Ring have over a dozen albums of recorded work and have performed in over 30 countries worldwide.

Besides classic psychedelic folk influences (Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Nick Drake et al.) In
Gowan Ring naturally blend elements of Early Music (medieval & renaissance), Troubadour & Minnesinger song forms, mystic poetry (e.g. Hafiz, Rumi, W.B.Yates), and Spiritual Minimalist Music.

In Gowan Ring release their latest single "The Wondrous Stubborn Lyre". Hailed as "the most impressive In Gowan Ring piece of recent times", it is based on ‘The Taming of the Harp’, a Taoist folk tale as related in The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura.

[BIO]

After living a decade semi-itinerantly in Europe, B'ee has spent the last five years in the coastal forests of Oregon, USA living in self-designed & built geometric transposable dwellings.
He continues to release Symbolist Folk Music in private editions for 'Moonlit Missives' each full moon since 2016 (currently at edition #116) recorded by power of sun energy within an icosahedron shaped studio. B'ee is the current Hermit Bard in Residence at SoHA, the Sanctuary of Healing Arts, Philomath, Oregon.

[REVIEWS]

“Listening to this album is like sliding into a warm bath infused with oils and perfumes.” – Flux Europa

“Every song is a dreamlike poem, delicately weaving images of solemn beauty and naive wonder into the surreal forms characteristic of psychedelia. Each note tugs on the strings of the heart and effortlessly recalls past experiences from the depths of the mind.” – Historic Bruno

"Hardly categorizable—and as eerie as a house haunted by the ghosts of Charles Baudelaire, Claude Debussy, and Mary Shelley.” – Rolling Stone (DE)

“Though seemingly made of little more than spiderwebs and moonlight, Hazel Steps may easily ensnare the unsuspecting listener in its magical folds.” – Opuzine

“As a songwriter and musician B’ee is easily the equal of psychedelic folk legends Robin Williamson or the late Nick Drake. Comparisons to virtually any other musicians exploring similar territory would simply not do this justice.” – J. Buckley

“This is one of the all time classic esoteric folk albums. The strange places that are realized through In Gowan Ring’s music have still not been visited by anybody else.” – Woven Wheat Whispers

"Deeply moving, accomplished and expertly crafted this is an incredible piece of contemporary psych folk. In the same manner as current listeners seek out and venerate the classic acid folk albums, so it will be with In Gowan Ring." -Grey Malkin / The Active Listener

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For over 20 years B’ee has been weaving dreams in the experimental acoustic folk project In Gowan Ring. It has lead him on an itinerant journey through peculiar landscapes of sound and sense; to meetings with remarkable musicians, traditions, and philosophies around the world while pursuing his own unexampled art.

With a revolving cast of compatriots and fellow travelers, In Gowan Ring have over a dozen albums of recorded work, and have performed in over 30 countries worldwide at Folk, Experimental and World Music festivals, on headlining tours and in collaboration with groups such as Faun, Woven Hand, and Robin Williamson.

IN GOWAN RING have performed at:

USA: Seattle Folk Life, Terrastock, Poor Minstrels of Song and Temple of the Moon
[Germany]: Ancient Trance(2014, 2015), Wave Gotik Treffen (2005, 2012, 2015), Folklorum Kulturinsel Einsiedel;
Denmark: Fano Free Folk Festival;
Spain: Músiques Disperses;
U.K: Carefully Planned Festival, Northern Green Gathering

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