Wooden Wand

Wooden Wand is the alter ego of singer and multi-instrumentalist James Jackson Toth, who alters the band name from one project to the next. Initially working in the mid-2000s in collaboration with free improv experimentalists the Vanishing Voice, Toth eventually spent more time as a solo artist mixing folk, jazz, psychedelic, and noise rock influences into a singular blend that identified him with the alt-folk, freak folk, New Weird America scene. Later releases like 2012's Briarwood and 2013's Blood Oaths of the New Blues saw Toth exploring facets of outlaw country, while also releasing a handful of albums billed simply as Wand.