Devin Hoff – Voices From The Empty Moor (LP Vinyl)
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Anne Briggs remains one of the great mysteries of the British folk revival, a singer who recorded sparingly in the 1960s and early 70s before walking away from music almost entirely, leaving behind a small but fiercely influential body of work that shaped everyone from Bert Jansch to Sandy Denny. Hoff approaches this material not as a curator but as a fellow traveler, bringing a bassist's ear for space and resonance to songs that have always lived in the silences between notes.
Limited colored vinyl LP pressing. Includes digital download. Voices From the Empty Moor seeks to honor the mystery and beauty of Anne Briggs' music while maintaining it's own unique perspective, foregrounding powerful emotion and, hopefully, magical transformation. Bassist, composer and arranger Devin Hoff has been intensively studying the music of Anne Briggs for over a decade. Briggs was a leading light of the 1960"s English folk scene, a gifted songwriter and improvisor, as well as an amateur musicologist who revived traditional English, Scottish, and Irish Traveler songs with an unpretentious approach that perhaps presaged the rebellion of punk as much as it honored tradition. The arrangements here include collaborations with musician friends that share a fascination with mining specific folk forms for universal and timeless truths; singers Julia Holter, Shannon Lay, Sharon Van Etten and Emmett Kelly; oud player Alejandro Farha; saxophonist Howard Wiley and drummer Jim White.
UPC: 759656071154
Label: Kill Rock Stars
Release Date: 11.26.21
Format: LP Vinyl