This winter, Ed Askew is set to undertake his first ever European tour. Since the release of his cul

This winter, Ed Askew is set to undertake his first ever European tour. Since the release of his cult masterpiece Ask The Unicorn in 1967 Ed Askew has been writing and releasing music and finally comes to Europe with his new album For The World (Tin Angel Records). These shows are set to take place in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Denmark. This Pledge Music campaign is to help cover touring costs such as accommodation and travel.
In the summer of 2011, Ed Askew embarked on his first US tour at the age of 71, in support of the limited vinyl/ digital re-release of the 80’s era cassette tape Imperfiction. Ed was accompanied on piano by Jay Pluck and travelled with tour mates, The Black Swans. 365 Two weeks later, as a result of the tour, it was decided that Jerry DeCicca of the Black Swans would assist Ed in making a record. Down the street from the Cotton Club, they spent a week in a West Harlem warehouse that September. Ed Askew was joined by Jay Pluck, two members of The Black Swans’ Tyler Evans (banjo, tiple, electric guitar) Canaan Faulkner (bass) and Eve Searls (backing vocals), along with Mary Lattimore (Meg Baird, Thurston 365 Moore) on harp. Later on, electric guitar was added by fellow outsider Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) 365 and backing vocals on three songs by super fan Sharon Van Etten. The results of those sessions were to become the album For The World.
Ed Askew is a painter and singer-songwriter who lives in New York City. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, he moved to New Haven to study painting at Yale Art School in 1963. After graduating from art school in 1966, Askew was called up for the draft. Not feeling particularly enthusiastic about going to war at age 26, he looked for a teaching job and found work at a private prep school in Connecticut. It was while teaching 365 he started making songs. The singer-songwriter 365 moved to New York for a few months in 1967 where he met Bernard Stolman of ESP Disk’ (Pearls Before Swine, Sun Ra, Albert 365 Ayler), who offered him a contract. That year Ed’s first album was released, 365 Ask the Unicorn. Ed has continued to his write, paint and performing around New York. Current Download
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