Members
Bobin Eirth - Birch Book, In Gowan Ring, Witch-Hunt, B'ee, B'eirth

• B'eirth's Pscikadilik Psyrkuz II: Further Adventures Of Wile And Wilder ‎(Cass) Not On Label none 1994
• B'eirth's Pscikadilik Psyrkuz: The Lack-All Tour Threw Gypsie Hick Frivol Rock ‎(Cass, Album) Not On Label none 1994
• B`eirth`s Pscikadilik Psyrkuz 2 `N 1 Compendium ‎(CDr, Ltd) Not On Label none 1999
• Songs To The Sun For The Dog Days Of Summer ‎(2xCDr, Album, Ltd) Lune Music none 2010
• Songs To The Sun Volume II ‎(2xCDr, Album, Ltd) Lune Music none 2011
Pent Pouch ‎(CDr, Ltd) Not On Label none 2012

"Born - March 25, 1973 (age 41)
Origin - United States
Genres - Country, Experimental folk, Neofolk, Psych folk, Traditional
Years active - 1990s–present

Bobin Jon Michael Eirth, better known as B'eirth or B'ee, is the vocalist and conductor/composer in the experimental psych folk band In Gowan Ring.

Biography

Rarely mentioned in articles and reviews without an adjective, B'eirth has been called "mysterious," "reclusive," "nomadic," "effusive," and "singular." Much of this attention is due to his cultivated image as a modern-day troubadour, often performing music (and presumably living) in old-fashioned clothes or costumes, and preferring instruments with Renaissance roots.

He explains his moniker and artist name B'eirth as a contraction for his "less wieldy" given name, and B'ee as a simpler version still, with a fitting polysemy: His father was a beekeeper. On his mother's side, he is related to the fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, his great-great-great grandfather. Despite this, he does not follow the Mormon discipline. He was born in the U.S., but is vague about where he was raised, saying it was "further east in green territory" rather than in Salt Lake City proper. He currently lives in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

B'eirth is proficient at playing a myriad of instruments, including guitar, cittern, harps (both mouth harps and folk harps), harmonica, recorder, reeds and flutes. He is largely self-taught (though says he has didactically studied "16th century polyphony"), and designs and fabricates his own stringed instruments. He is also, unless otherwise credited, the designer and artist of In Gowan Ring's album artwork.

As a live performer, B'eirth is commonly associated with his easily recognizable "double-necked guitar." This instrument is actually a guitar/cittern hybrid made by B'eirth himself in 1998, which he calls the Stringed Spade. It is, in his own words:

...a standard 6 string on the top neck and 9 strings in 5 courses (low course single) on the lower neck. I wanted the combination so as to avoid changing instruments between songs during performance. Occasionally I play both necks during one song and sometimes use the cittern neck as resonant strings while the top neck strings are sounding.

In November 2005, he released the first self-titled album of his solo project Birch Book - a more Donovan-sounding classic folk album than any of his previous releases. The project's MySpace description explains:

‘Birch Book’ marks an evolution in sound away from the overtly psychedelic towards a simpler, highly effective, direct song based approach ... This album is not what many expect, it is not overly experimental or droning but it simultaneously brings the older mystical folk into the current and points a new individualistic way forward for the artist.

In November 2006, Birch Book Volume II, Fortune And Folly, was released on the Denver-based psychedelic label Helmet Room Recordings. As of October 2010, the last Birch Book release has been Birch Book Volume III, A Hand Full Of Days.

B'eirth is a frequent contributor in other projects, appearing for example on Seth Nehil's album Umbra (recorders and reeds), Waldteufel's album Heimliches Deutschland (flute), Backworld's album Of Silver Sleep (recorder) and has performed commonly with Blood Axis."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%27eirth