The Fire Next Time
Jonathan Vassar and The Speckled Bird
"The Fire Next Time"
The Fire Next Time presents a pastoral world full of flora, fauna, running rivers and blazing fires. Threads of birth and death sew together tragic tales of mothers and fathers; sons and daughters. Jonathan Vassar is joined on this record by his live band: The Speckled Bird. Chris Edwards (banjo, mandolin, electric guitar) Antonia FD Vassar (accordion, glockenspiel) and Joshua Quarles (cello, clarinet, bass) use delicate melody and vocal harmony to set the stage for outstanding follow up to Vassar’s first release The Hours and The Days. Vassar creates spaces that The Speckled Bird fills, with both resource and reserve, to create rich and compelling sounds of acoustic and electric clarity. The names of both the record and the band are taken from old folk spirituals. Echoing the imagery of these traditional songs, The Fire Next Time is full of metaphor, and metamorphosis.
Track List:
1. Nearer My Father's Wounded Side 2. Saint Josephina 3. San Jacinto 4. Match Made in Heaven 5. Hole in the Ground 6. You do Too
For Fans of Bonnie Prince Billy, Fleet Foxes, and Iron and Wine.
Produced by Wil Loyal
Recorded in Lita's Log Cabin by Allen Bergendahl of Viking Recording Company, Richmond, VA
-Triple Stamp Records, 2009
CD Release show on Oct. 17th at The Camel, $5, Door at 7, Show at 8
"The Fire Next Time"
The Fire Next Time presents a pastoral world full of flora, fauna, running rivers and blazing fires. Threads of birth and death sew together tragic tales of mothers and fathers; sons and daughters. Jonathan Vassar is joined on this record by his live band: The Speckled Bird. Chris Edwards (banjo, mandolin, electric guitar) Antonia FD Vassar (accordion, glockenspiel) and Joshua Quarles (cello, clarinet, bass) use delicate melody and vocal harmony to set the stage for outstanding follow up to Vassar’s first release The Hours and The Days. Vassar creates spaces that The Speckled Bird fills, with both resource and reserve, to create rich and compelling sounds of acoustic and electric clarity. The names of both the record and the band are taken from old folk spirituals. Echoing the imagery of these traditional songs, The Fire Next Time is full of metaphor, and metamorphosis.
Track List:
1. Nearer My Father's Wounded Side 2. Saint Josephina 3. San Jacinto 4. Match Made in Heaven 5. Hole in the Ground 6. You do Too
For Fans of Bonnie Prince Billy, Fleet Foxes, and Iron and Wine.
Produced by Wil Loyal
Recorded in Lita's Log Cabin by Allen Bergendahl of Viking Recording Company, Richmond, VA
-Triple Stamp Records, 2009
CD Release show on Oct. 17th at The Camel, $5, Door at 7, Show at 8
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Comment by Allen Bergendahl on October 1, 2009 at 2:46pm - Woot! Woot! Boots!
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