Wooden Wand is the alter ego of Brooklyn-based singer and multi-instrumentalist James Jackson Toth, who alters the band name according to whim from one project to the next. Most often working in collaboration with the free-improv experimentalists the Vanishing Voice, the Wooden Wand mixes folk, jazz, psychedelic and noise-rock influences into a singular blend that exemplifies the scene alternately dubbed “alt-folk,” “freak folk” or “The New Weird America.” Along with a surfeit of obscure and often self-released singles and CD-Rs, higher profile releases like SECOND ATTENTION and JAMES AND THE QUIET have widened Wooden Wand’s audience.