Tag: folk
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fausto – por este rio acima (1982)
On his back, Fausto carries the full weight of history, expanding beyond the palpable connections between the immediate past and present. The task of this master is to act as the diaphragm of Portugal—to exhale while overlooking the instruments. Por Este Rio Acima tells stories of spices, travel, and love between instruments that jangle in […]
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susie merrie – body in time
Body in Time has a quiet faith in itself, so that it glides beyond the stripped back production without a single step too soon, or too far. The successes of each track hinge on how well Susie Merry can inhabit a mood. Her tendency to be direct clarifies each tonal element, leaving the song free […]
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bobbie gentry – ode to billie joe (1967)
On an unusually tempoed record, Bobbie Gentry ticketed a safari of her hometown. Folk, soul, blues, and rock were cross hatched, exhibiting the oneness of context-heavy music. While Ode To Billie Joe is not blessed with the most natural flow, the tracks come to purr with Southern verve and the synesthetic particulars of Mississippi life: […]
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samantha crain – a small death (2020)
A Small Death was born after Samantha Crain, almost implausibly, was involved in three car accidents in three months. After living without the use of her hands for years, Crain’s sixth full-length LP condensed the pain of not playing and of being out of step with the world and sharpened it with the equal difficulty […]
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florist – florist
Some things, like a good referee, are doing their job best the less they are noticed;‘Florist’ whispers on by like the jangling of garden chimes. It inspires a work beyond itself; if a true function of art is to have something born from it, Florist will have guided hundreds of pieces with its recalibrative writing. […]
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