The Harrow & the Harvest is stunning for its intimacy, its lack of studio artifice, its warmth and its timeless, if hard won, songcraft.
~Thom Jurek (allmusic.com)The Harrow & The Harvest is simply one of the richest, most expansive roots albums to be released in some time.
~Douglas Heselgrave (pastemagazine.com)
My fav song from the album:
Tennessee (live):
Wikipedia:
| Released | June 28, 2011 |
|---|---|
| Recorded | February 2011 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Label | Acony |
| Producer | David Rawlings |
The Harrow & The Harvest is a 2011 album released by American musician Gillian Welch. It was Welch’s first album in eight years and was released on June 28, 2011.
The eight years since the release of 2003’s Soul Journey marked the longest period of time between album releases for Welch. In explaining the relatively long recording absence, Welch said, “The sad truth is we never liked anything enough to put it out, which is not a pleasant place to be.” She added, “over the course of that time that we were quiet we probably had enough songs to put out two or three records. Actually we made a few tentative steps at trying to record, but inevitably the heart would go out of it when we realised that we simply didn’t like the material enough to go on with it.” Welch frequently performed the song “The Way It Will Be” in years prior to the release of the album. Welch explains that this tense time period inspired the album title: “Our songcraft slipped and I really don’t know why. It’s not uncommon. It’s something that happens to writers. It’s the deepest frustration we have come through, hence the album title.” The writing process involved “this endless back and forth between the two of us,” Welch said, stating that “It’s our most intertwined, co-authored, jointly-composed album.”
The Way It Goes (Live Nov. 2011):
Tracks:
All songs written and composed by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.
- “Scarlet Town” 3:38
- “Dark Turn of Mind” 4:07
- “The Way It Will Be” 4:47
- “The Way It Goes” 4:01
- “Tennessee” 6:35
- “Down Along the Dixie Line” 4:49
- “Six White Horses” 3:38
- “Hard Times” 4:52
- “Silver Dagger” 3:23
- “The Way the Whole Thing Ends” 6:11
The Way It Will Be:
Album of The Day:
Other June 28:
- John Coltrane recorded Ascension in 1965.
Ascension is a jazz album by John Coltrane recorded in 1965 and released in 1966. It is often considered to be a watershed album, with the albums released before it being more conventional in structure and the albums released after it being looser, free jazz inspired works. In addition, it signaled Coltrane’s interest in moving away from the quartet format. Coltrane described Ascension in a radio interview as a “big band thing”, although it resembles no big band recording made before it. The most obvious antecedent is Ornette Coleman’s octet (or “double quartet”) recording, Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation, which—like Ascension—is a continuous forty-minute performance with ensemble passages and without breaks. Jazz musician Dave Liebman, commenting on Ascension, recalled that the album was the “torch that lit the free jazz thing”.
– - Bobby Bare, Jr. (born June 28, 1966) is an American musician who has recorded several solo albums, along with two albums with his band, Bare, Jr.Bare is the son of country musician Bobby Bare. In 1974—when Bare, Jr. was only eight—he and his father were both nominated for a Grammy for the song “Daddy What If”.
-Egil