Amy Ray - Holler '2018

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Gracies Dawn (Prelude)
02. Sure Feels Good Anyway
03. Dadgum Down
04. Last Taxi Fare
05. Old Lady Interlude
06. Sparrows Boogie
07. Oh City Man
08. Fine With the Dark
09. Tonight Im Paying the Rent
10. Holler
11. Jesus Was a Walking Man
12. Sparrows Lullaby
13. Bondsman (Evening in Missouri)
14. Didnt Know a Damn Thing
15. Old Lady Dreaming (Bonus Track)


Amy Ray, one-half of Grammy-winning folk duo Indigo Girls, releases Holler, her
sixth solo album. Featuring 14 original tracks, Holler is inspired by
traditional country, Southern rock, mountain music, gospel and bluegrass.
Recorded with Rays touring band at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC, the
album features vocal cameos by Vince Gill, Brandi Carlile, Justin Vernon and
Rutha Mae Harris of The Freedom Singers and more. Ray explores love, addiction,
immigration, despair, honky tonks, lie on the road, being born in the midst of
the civil rights movement, and the constant struggle to find balance. Ray says:
The band and I recorded Holler live to analog tape at Echo Mountain Studio in
Asheville, NC, over a 10 day period in January 2018. There is a tip of the hat
to the great Jim Ford 1969 release, Harlan County. With songs inspired by, the
film Winters Bone; and the Appalachian poet Byron Herbert Reece; as well as the
great writer, Toni Cade Bambara. Following my first 2104 country record, which
was my 5th solo studio release, this record is a natural progression from the
stillness of a Goodnight Tender to the friction, freedom and restlessness of a
Holler, with the addition of strings and horns to bring the swagger.

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