Emerald Hue
I think this is wonderful – acoustic folk transformed from
the welcome familiarity of its lineage by the distinctive vocal of Hill which
has a tenor resonance [best I can do to define] that is occasionally burred
with tremolo but always that resonating clarity. Special. Her guitar playing is
superbly finger-picked with sometime note-bending, and then there is the
replacement banjo, as on Usnea.
Openers Goldenrod and Flooded are graced with gorgeous
harmonies, and everything else is quite sublime. Listening to the perfect
Emerald Blue as I write which gives this post its title [you know, the idea of
preciously coloured].
Get it here.
Yet another gem unearthed by the awesome auralawe-ster. As he says, a voice to offer much needed aural vaccination in a time of Covid and the descent into Fascist tactics by the lunatic Trump.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like, and yes anything to avoid thinking of the other! Can't imagine this album is a one-off, though clearly the result of some years of growing into it: looking forward to following her career.
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