.bonnylightband deftly gives very old material a glimmering shine that even the most synth-addled trend-chaser should be able to appreciate. Check out bcsalmon's review -
If you Google “oldest known musical instrument,” you’ll find that the answer is the flute: 42,000-year-old fragments of the instrument carved from bird bone and mammoth ivory were discovered in a German cave a decade ago. But the cheekier, less scientific answer to that query, though, is the human voice. It makes logical sense: As long as there have been humans, they’ve surely used their voice to sing.
In other words, it’s not just the material that’s timeless on the new self-titled album from folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman. It’s the voices—of decorated singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and Fruit Bats leader Eric D. Johnson, especially—that makeThe trio, which also includes multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman , came together during two 2018 festivals connected to Bon Iver’sand The National’s Aaron Dessner—Eaux Claires in Wisconsin and the 37d03d Festival in Berlin.
Elsewhere, on “Jane Jane,” the trio offer up a jaunty take on the African-American spiritual “Children, Go Where I Send Thee.” They welcome Vernon for a well-timed guest vocal on the graceful Applachian folk song “Bright Morning Stars.” And for “Magpie’s Nest,” they whip up a delicate bed of string-band magic and then pair it with the album’s most majestic chorus.
These are old age-old songs about age-old issues, of course, so the lyrics are filled with ships sailing and flowers blooming, handsome lads and lying tongues, long black hair, guys named John, fare thee wells and own true loves.
Add it all up and you’ve got not only one of the best albums of early 2020, but one worth remembering when it’s time to make your list at year’s end.
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