Half Handed Cloud

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Half-handed Cloud is an interesting phenomenon. John Ringhofer, the man behind the namesake, is as joyful and frugal as his music. An economical thinker, Ringhofer prefers the subway over a taxicab, is a recycler of plastic, a compulsive note-taker, and a habitual optimist. He doodles in the margins of National Geographic magazines, carries several different colored pens, and continues to use an antiquated CD walkman. When not on tour solo, as the trombonist for Sufjan Stevens Illinoisemakers, or as the occasional Danielson bassist, he lives rent-free in Berkeley California in exchange for his services as a custodian. His music encapsulates his struggle to make sense of his life. In Half-handed Cloud this is expressed as an all-consuming search for God. Half-handed Cloud is able to ensconce complicated theological concepts into playground song without condescending to his subject or to his listener. ------------------------------ - S E L E C T E D - D I S C O G R A P H Y - ---------------- "Learning about Your Scale" album 1999 (re-released 2001) "I'm so Sheepy" e.p. 2000 (re-released 2003) "We Haven't Just Been Told We Have Been Loved" album 2002 "Thy is a Word, & Feet Need Lamps" album 2005 "What's the Remedy?" e.p. 2005 "Halos & Lassos" album 2006 "Harp That's Hung-up in the Tree" tour e.p. 2006 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Thy Is a Word & Feet Need Lamps

Halos + Lassos

We Haven't Just Been Told, We've Been Loved

Halos & Lassos

Cut Me Down & Count My Rings

Seven Swans Reimagined

Learning About Your Scale

We Haven't Just Been Told, We Have Been Loved

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Achoo! An Asthmatic Kitty Sampler

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