And we are again in front of two folk records. Am I maybe obsessed? Or maybe that's because to take a guitar and play your songs is the most universal and classical way to transmit your compositions? Whatever it is, these two records are not only a voice/guitar thing. Alela Diane, who was grown up in Nevada in the middle of the woods, has been publishing CDRs for a while until she last saw how Holocene Music realised her record. You can compare her to many other female folkers like Joanna Newsom or Marissa Nadler but her voice, arrangements and songs are quite personal not to always have Joanna's name in her reviews (although they are friends). Her songs reminds of the past, but they also have this timeless condition that made you think they've could be published anytime.
Pieces of string
Elvis Perkins is the orphan son of the scary Anthony Perkins and the photographer Berry Berenson, who died in one of the planes that crashed the twin towers during the terrorist attack of September 11th. With a past like that I'm sure that he had enough stories to, at least, publish one record of songs about love and death and it's another record that becomes an instant classic. Check the video I published some days ago.
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