Recorded LIVE at Franklin County Fairgrounds - Greenfield, MA Audio: Juan M Soria Video: Brad Wagner and Back Bar Productions More sessions and interviews here: www.pastemagaz...
This performance, and the BLH album, are incredible to me - profound even. Totally aside from the indisputable artistry, the vivid modern interpretations of old traditional tunes and the stunning vocals (solo and harmony) are truly special. On Blackwaterside I swear Anais *became* the fiery female narrator of the song. Like peering through the spyglass perfectly back in time. Amazing…. Thank you Anais, Josh, Eric 🙏
Listened to their wonderful music then checked out utube...my head swiveled saying, no it can't be, is that Anais Mitchell?? The mega superstar of the ridiculously brilliant, Broadway's Hadestown 🤯💕
Lovely set - I'm a great Anais fan following her work on Live from Here and with the folk music of the Child ballads (esp with the lovely Jefferson Hamer)...
Great music and harmonies. I was really surprised to find out it was the same Anias from Hades Town, she was so Musical Theatre in the NPR performance, and so very different as a folk musician.
I wonder if there's a connection between The Roving and earlier versions of Black Waterside...like another version/telling/outcome, more gente or freer
Am I mad, or have Eric and Anaïs each swapped a bridge pin? Eric has a single black bridge pin and Anaïs has a single white. Going to assume not a coincidence 🖤
Somewhere - some live performance from about this time - they mention that a lot of the songs from the first record are in dadfad - DADF#AD - not positive about this one, though...
