Hope you're all doing okay. Not much to report here, the weather is a bit blah and a few more tourists have returned to the city, but house spirits are good, as "Fuzz" (our new feline friend) has settled in very well, seems to be slowly recovering from his time roaming the streets, and is already providing regular doses of fuzzy joy to our world. Bless 'im.
"As you may have noticed, I have an affinity for modern takes on folk music, whatever the tradition. I think I’ve only picked one album in the past that actually fits into that category but there have been several that came close to being selected...and may yet still be!
Anyway, like most imperial, capitalist, American pig dogs, I usually gravitate towards the music of other cultures when it comes to that sort of thing but there are lots of interesting takes on the folk songs of the United States (which, of course, are the amalgamation of many other traditions). This is one such album.
This band is a side project by a not-unknown-but-relatively-obscure woman and her also not-unknown-but-relatively-obscure husband. The first album they recorded for this project came out in 1999 and was one of my favorites that year. This is their second album, released in 2011, which I kind of slept on but have recently rediscovered and dig. Maybe you will too..."
Direct download is here, and the stream's below:
See you at 8pm BST (GMT+1)
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