FolkBlog

A quick post to let y’all know that Great Big Sea is the Featured Artist of the Week on the Online Folk Festival this week (11/28 - 12/5) to celebrate the recent US release of their Great Big DVD and CD, which I’ve reviewed elsewhere on the Folkblog.

Also, Over the Rhine has a new CD coming out in March. From the OTR announcement list, in the words of Linford:

Hello fellow travelers,

It’s a rainy November Saturday night in Ohio. Big moon last night behind

naked oak branches. Roaring fire in our back yard under crisp star-sprinkled

sky. Tonight, cold and wet outside, so we sit in a warmly lit kitchen. And

wouldn’t you know, we’re listening to our new record. Giving it a spin before it

gets sent off for final mastering on Tuesday. We realized in the last few days

that it’s called ‘BORN’.

We had been sketching and writing off and on for much of the year. Turns

out we started recording for real on election day, and finished mixing on

Thanksgiving Eve. A relaxed record made at home in this wooden house we call the

Grey Ghost. Upright bass. Piano. Acoustic guitars. A few horns. A few subtle

textures. A voice.Karin and I stayed home more this year and felt the water in

the well rise. We felt the seasons change close to home. There’s a lot of love

on this one.Over the Rhine BORN is set to be released March 29, 2005 on

Virgin/Back Porch Records.

1. I Want You To Be My Love

2. Born

3. Drunkard’s Prayer

4. Bluer

5. Spark

6. Hush Now (Stella’s Tarantella)

7. Lookin’ Forward

8. Little Did I Know

9. Who Will Guard The Door

10. Firefly

11. My Funny Valentine

Good news for all Over the Rhine fans, so mark your calendar for early next year.

I know this is the Folkblog and all, but I’m finding it hard to take the new U2 release out of my car CD player so I can preview folk releases. Sorry, y’all. I’m trying to do better.