The american prairie sound rebuilt with modernity. Haunting ballads of astounding musical clarity, surrounded by wandering patterns of emotion. 100percent acoustic sound.
Mary Halvorson - guitar, vocals
Jessica Pavone - viola, vocals
tracks 1,4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 by J P
tracks 2, 3, 6, 10, 12,13 by M H
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Recorded and engineered 7/04 & 5/05 by Tatsuya Nakatani at H&H Production,
Bronx NY (www.hhproduction.org)
MP3:
Track 2 "Impossible to Recreate"
Track 12 "Your Reason is Dead"
Track 13 "Last Hymn"
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-Ernest Paik (Chatanooga Pulse)
"Their experimental instincts, sharpened by an affiliation with Anthony Braxton, commingle with a folksy lyricism; sometimes they even sing, without a trace of protective irony."
-Nate Chinen, The New York Times
"They listen as though they're hotwired into each other's brain, their taut structural discipline prompting a domino effect of great ideas." - Philip Clark, The Wire
Links:
www.myspace.com/maryandjess
www.maryhalvorson.com
www.jessicapavone.com