• 24-05-07: Handelsbeurs, Gent (B)
• 07-06-07: Le Brise Glace, Annecy (FR)
• 12-06-07: Le Cabaret Electric, Le Havre (FR)
• 13-06-07: Divan du Monde, Paris (FR)
• 14-06-07: La Laiterie, Strasbourg (FR)
• 15-06-07: Magnolia Festival, Milano (I)
• 16-06-07: Strada Blues, Faenza (I)

• 25-05-07: ISC Club, Bern (CH)
• 26-05-07: Les Caves du Manoir, Martigny (CH)
• 27-05-07: Orange Blossom Special, Beverungen (D)
• 29-05-07: Ziegel au Lac, Zürich (CH)
• 30-05-07: Café Atlantik, Freiburg (D)
• 31-05-07: Szene, Vienna (A)
• 02-06-07: Akropolis, Prague (CZ)
• 03-06-07: Kultiplex, Budapest (HU)
• 05-06-07: tba, Zagreb (HR)

• 24-02-07: The Oriental Theater, Denver, CO (USA)
• 30-03-07: The Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT (USA)
• 06-04-07: The Attick, Santa Cruz, Ca (USA)
• 12-04-07: Plush, Tucson, AZ (USA)

• 31-03-07: Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR (USA)
• 01-04-07: The Nightlight, Bellingham, WA (USA)
• 02-04-07: Tripple Door, Seattle, WA (USA)
• 04-04-07: 12 Galaxies, San Francisco, CA (USA)
• 05-04-07: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (USA)
• 10-04-07: Silver Lake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA (USA)
• 11-04-07: Silver Lake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA (USA)

Changes in the US tour supporting Serena Maneesh. The Philadelphia show on 5 October will be at First Unitarian Church, not the TLA (Theatre of Living Arts). The New York show the following day at the Warsaw seems to be in doubt...

• 19-09-06: Neumo's, Seattle, WA (USA)
• 20-09-06: Berbati's, Portland, OR (USA)
• 21-09-06: Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco, CA (USA)
• 22-09-06: Glass House, Pomona, CA (USA)
• 23-09-06: Troubadour, Hollywood, CA (USA)
• 24-09-06: Hollywood Alley, Mesa, AZ (USA)
• 27-09-06: Bottleneck, Lawrence, KS (USA)
• 28-09-06: Rubber Glove, Denton, TX (USA)
• 29-09-06: Emo's, Austin, TX (USA)
• 30-09-06: Proletariat, Houston, TX (USA)
• 01-10-06: Republic, New Orleans, LA (USA)
• 02-10-06: Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• 03-10-06: Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC (USA)
• 04-10-06: State Theatre, Falls Church, VA (USA)
• 05-10-06: Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
• 06-10-06: Warsaw, Brooklyn, NY (USA)

Denver is also on Serena Maneesh' itinerary. The band is scheduled to play the Larimer Lounge on 26 September. But Edwards seems to skip that one. Frankly speaking we had never heard of Serena Maneesh until now. The link between Serena Maneesh and Woven Hand could be Sounds Familyre. Serena Maneesh has worked with Sufjan Stevens and Daniel Smith of the Danielson Famile. And on the subject of Sounds Familyre. That label will release Mosaic in the States on 12 September.

• 16-11-06: ARGEKultur, Salzburg (A)
• 17-11-06: Rätschenmühle, Geislingen (D)
• 20-11-06: Brotfabrik, Frankfurt (D)
• 21-11-06: Zeche Carl, Essen (D)
• 28-11-06: Forum, Bielefeld (D)

From the Denver Post (21-07-06): Our panel speaks: "Woven Hand is the somber exponent of Denver's gothic country scene. Its sound is at once creepy and redemptive, with tones and lyrics capturing the existential side of spirituality. With raw styling and captivating stage presence, Woven Hand turns a 40-minute set into fired conversion gathering."

• 18-11-06: Romandie, Lausanne (CH)
• 19-11-06: Kiff, Aarau (CH)
• 23-11-06: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels (B)
• 24-11-06: Burgerweeshuis, Deventer (NL)
• 25-11-06: W2, Den Bosch (NL)
• 26-11-06: Patronaat (Roots In Heaven Festival), Haarlem (NL)
• 27-11-06: Oosterpoort, Groningen (NL)
• 30-11-06: Voxhall, Aarhus (DK)
• 01-12-06: KB, Malmö (S)
• 02-12-06: Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg (S)
• 03-12-06: Debaser, Stockholm (S)
• 05-12-06: John Dee, Oslo (N)
• 06-12-06: Folken, Stavanger (N)
• 07-12-06: Hulen, Bergen (N)

1. To Make A Ring (4:28) Adaptation with performance text excerpts.
2. Breathing Bull (6:40) Performance text excerpt.
3. Shun (4:36) Perfomance text excerpt with additional sounds.
4. Horse Head (3:47) Acoustic adaptation.
5. Lulah Harp (2:45) Instrumental.
6. Low Estate (4:01) Acoustic adaptation.
7. Twig (3:54) Performance text excerpt.
8. Dirty Blue (3:50) Instrumental version with performance text intro.
9. Lena's Song (3:21) Composed by Josh Martin and Hardi Barnewold.
10. Silver Saddle (3:32) Performance text excerpt.

PUUR bonus material:

11. PUUR promotional trailer of the performance (3:17)
12. Unreleased Low Estate video from PUUR film (4:25)
13. Unreleased Horse Head video from PUUR film (3:34)

For details about its release see the 20-05-06 entry.

1. Breathing Bull (1:30)
2. Winter Shaker (3:43)
3. Swedish Purse (3:30)
4. Twig (2:12)
5. Whistling Girl (4:40)
6. Elktooth (3:17)
7. Bible And Bird (2:21)
8. Dirty Blue (4:42)
9. Slota Prow-Full Armour (5:53)
10. Truly Golden (3:33)
11. Deerskin Doll (5:33)
12. Little Raven (4:12)

You can see the cover under the 28-04-06 entry.

• 19-07-06: Fabrik, Hamburg (D)
• 20-07-06: Passionskirche, Berlin (D)
• 21-07-06: Cafe Glocksee, Hannover (D)
• 22-07-06: Kino (Gmunder Festwochen), Ebensee (A)
• 23-07-06: Colours Of Ostrava, Ostrava (CZ)

• 06-07-06: Musiques-en-Stock, Cluses (FR)
• 07-07-06: Quart Festival, Kristiansand (N)
• 08-07-06: Les Ardentes Festival, Liège (B)
• 09-07-06: Tanz- und Folk-Festival, Rudolstadt (D)
• 10-07-06: Szene, Vienna (A)
• 11-07-06: A 38, Budapest (HU)
• 13-07-06: Openluchttheater, Deurne (B)
• 17-07-06: Lille Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
• 18-07-06: Kultursommer, Oldenburg (D)

And this is how the BBC advertises the film: "A thought-provoking road trip into the heart of the poor white American South. Alt Country singer Jim White takes his white-trash 1970 Chevy Impala through a gritty terrain of churches, prisons, truckstops, biker bars and coalmines. Along the way are roadside encounters wtih present-day musical mavericks the Handsome Family, David Johansen, David Eugene of 16 Horsepower, old-time banjo player, Lee Sexton - and grisly stories from the cult Southern novelist Harry Crews." Let's hope that this time the movie will not be interrupted by self-absorbed activist tv makers like happened when VPRO TV broadcasted the film last month.

"Contains great live performances and rare off-stage footage to give a real sense of what Sixteen Horsepower stood for as a live band. The beautiful registration by the RTBF of the 2002 concert at 'Le Cirque Royal' - Belgium on disc 1. On disc 2 a compilation of different documents: the 1996 Rockpalast show in Germany, a rehearsal in David's hometown Denver, an impression of the last US-tour in 2004, ... and finally an unique souvenir of what would turn out to be their last concert ever, July 17th 2004, Antwerp, Belgium."

The also yet untitled Woven Hand DVD is still to be shot. It will be centred round next Tuesday’s Rockpalast Crossroads show in Bonn. Besides the performance the disc will contain an interview and other bonus material. The release date is still to be announced.

Concert tickets also available through the Festival van Vlaanderen and Vooruit. Ultima Vez will start its performance at 20:00 - Woven Hand at 23:00.

For his latest creation Wim Vandekeybus works with an international cast of 13 performers amongst whom the 79-year old Flemish actor, director and playwright Tone Brulin. With text by the Duth author P.F. Thomése (Southland, Shadow Child ...) and music by David Eugene Edwards (Woven Hand, 16 Horsepower) & the Italian composer Fausto Romitelli by the contemporary music ensemble Ictus.

Contemporary myth or fantasy tale, confronting dance, theatre and film, Puur puts on stage a small isolated community in a post-catastrophe world. As in ancient myths, something terrible has happened. On stage the impact on bodies and minds of the dacers/actors remains. As if in a dream, it is the dead who speak ... ." If you'd like to visit Puur, have a look at its tourschedule.

On 18 October 2005 Woven Hand plays the Bonn Harmonie (confirmed), together with Norwegian band Helldorado. Rockpalast will film the show for their Crossroads series and will broadcast it on WDR and 3sat approximately 3 months later. With reruns to come on those two stations and digital channel EinsFestival. Rockpalast will not only shoot the concert, but an interview too.

And that's where you come in. The Rockpalast interviewer has asked us to ask you what you would like to ask David Eugene Edwards. (Confused? :-) If you have questions you always wanted to ask and that you think are interesting for the Rockpalast viewers, mail them to tyfc@16horsepower.com, please before 22 September 2005. And of course we'll keep you updated and informed about the broadcast and the outcome of the interview.

In the words of one of the panellists: "David's unrestrained passion and dark intensity is a fitting backdrop for the praise-and-glory Christianity he sings of with Woven Hand. This guy can sing about unbuttered toast and still have my undivided attention."

“Blush is a dance and film version of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, a story of desire, the power of attraction, confrontation and repulsion. Blush investigates the nether world of the subconscious. A fantastic realm where instincts clash and the body does things the mind cannot comprehend. The images take us from beautiful Corsican landscapes to the grimiest neighbourhoods of Brussels." So the TV-guide says.

• 11-08-05: Café Atlantik, Freiburg (D)
• 12-08-05: Rockhouse, Salzburg (A)
• 13-08-05: Trnfest 2005, Ljubljana (SLO)
• 14-08-05: B72, Vienna (A)
• 19-08-05: Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
• 20-08-05: Lille Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
• 21-08-05: Voxhall, Aarhus (DK)
• 22-08-05: Knust, Hamburg (D)
• 23-08-05: Starclub, Dresden (D)
• 24-08-05: Café Zapata (Tacheles), Berlin (D)
• 25-08-05: Café Glocksee, Hannover (D)
• 28-08-05: Hedon, Zwolle (NL)
• 19-10-05: Harmonie, Bonn (D) (to be confirmed)

• 07-07-05: Iota Club, Arlington, VA (USA)
• 08-07-05: Iron Horse, Northampton, MA (USA)
• 09-07-05: Lizard Lounge, Boston, MA (USA)
• 10-07-05: The Call Nightclub, Providence, RI (USA)
• 13-07-05: Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ (USA)
• 14-07-05: Knitting Factory, New York, NY (USA)
• 15-07-05: Ethical Society, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
• 16-07-05: Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
• 17-07-05: Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH (USA)

On 6 August Woven Hand plays the For Noise Festival in Lausanne-Pully. They are the opening act in la grande scène on the last night of a three-day event. Top of the bill that night is Yo La Tengo and arguably the biggest name in the line-up is Dinosaur Jr. on their reunion tour.

On 18 August Woven Hand plays its very first Portuguese show in Paredes de Coura, north of Porto, as part of a four-day festival featuring among others The Pixies, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Arcade Fire, Killing Joke, The Bravery and Queens Of The Stone Age.

The Feest In Het Park festival in Oudenaarde this year takes place on 25-26-27 August. Woven Hand will perform on the closing night. More details about the line-up still have to be announced.

More shows (among others in Germany and Austria) to be disclosed soon.

dear all,

i think it was 1989 or so that jeffrey paul and i began as the denver gentlemen. it was just the two of us. mainly, i played guitar and accordion,while jp played fiddle and did most of the singing. a few people liked it-the majority did not. we continued on...

gradually we acquired more fans but it was always a slow process. we added two other members on various instruments. some liked it while others preferred it just the two of us. we continued on...

next, we added jean-yves tola on drums. some were happy about it as we were, while others were unhappy-it was too rock with the drums and they liked it more traditional as before. we continued on...

the band broke up- i started 16 horsepower with jean-yves and a long time friend keven soll. i was now the singer. many fans of the denver gentlemen were unhappy. to them my words were lame as well as my voice. but all was well for them-the denver gentlemen in time started again and continue today under various line-ups-(jeffrey paul remains (in my opinion),one of the best songsmiths the world has to offer).

16 horsepower was much too rock and roll for the majority of the fans i had acquired up to that point. we would have to begin again-we did so and continued on...

in time our musical relationship with keven failed and we added pascal humbert on bass. once again, many were upset by this and we lost fans--we continued on...

16 horsepower is done- we are still good friends and i pray it remains that way till death do us part. all this to say-the objections of fans and the loss of them is now and has always been for me---- business as usual. i continue on..........

yes, some shows are better than others and believe me when i say that i do not expect your praise nor do i deserve it ever. ordy garrison and peter van laerhoven are friends whom i love dearly. i love to play with them and consider myself lucky to be able to do so.

sincerely,
david eugene

Puur premières in Singapore on 27 May 2005 and after a stopover in Seoul the production travels through Europe until April 2006 when the tour ends at the Royal Flemish Theatre in Brussels. (Go to the Ultima Vez site for the complete and up-to-date itinerary.) In Puur, Wim Vandekeybus tries to integrate film and dance. Dancers react to the images. On stage and on screen. Edwards' music is featured in Puur and Edwards features in the film. He plays a social outcast and musician, and his spoken lines are in the -let's call it- "Russian" we know from live shows.

Brown's book, published by Boulder County's Pruett Publishing Company, offers a chronological account of rock's significant happenings in Colorado, both in terms of the acts this state birthed - Zephyr, Otis Taylor, Firefall, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, 16 Horsepower and the String Cheese Incident - and the famous faces that passed through, from Jimi Hendrix to Stephen Stills.