Howe Gelb

Howe Gelb had been busy making music under the radar for the better part of two decades before something more than a cult following began appreciating his work. Gelb's band Giant Sand dropped their first album, Valley of Rain, in 1985, but while a tiny core of determined supporters appreciated his unique creative vision and surreal songwriting, it wasn't until Giant Sand released Chore of Enchantment in 2000 that his work started receiving something like the attention his talent deserved. Gelb's work with Giant Sand usually embraces a dry, dusty sound that hovers between roots...