O’Death are a five piece Americana inspired folk band, hailing from New York city. It’s rare to read anything about them without having it pointed out that New York is an unusual place for a band who plays their kind of music to come from. Some have even berated the band on the basis of inauthenticity, due to their location. However, people seem to overlook that folk music is, in essence, an inclusive genre. You don’t have to be from a rural area to write an authentic folk song. Hell, if Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie could write out of New York, I don’t really think...
With their new album, Outside, released today, we caught up with Greg Jamie of O’Death to learn more about their experiences as a band.
MTTM: First things first, can you tell us where your name came from?
Greg Jamie: We decided to name our band this after just a couple practices. The name came after the sound. As you know, O Death is a song, one that’s been done in so many changing forms and shapes by folks like Sam Amidon, Ralph Stanley, Charley Patton, Dock Boggs, Camper Van Beethoven, Vic Chesnutt and even us, at one point made a version of O Death and it sounded nothing like any of...
