Corb Lund - Songs My Friends Wrote - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2024 . InchI've been wanting to make a record like this for a long time. The band, Franny and I produced it ourselves in my living room with no adults present. It's all acoustic, not an electric lick on the album... banjos and mandos and string basses and stripped-down drums. I put a ton of work into the tunes and I'm pretty proud of this batch. Had a little help from my old co-writing pal Jaida Dreyer on a couple, also wrote a good one with my screenwriter buddy, Brian Koppelman. Lots of gambling songs and lots of minor keys. And my band guys absolutely killed it too, they're all badasses. I'm dedicating the record to my old compadre, Ian Tyson, who passed away a few months back. I've named the album for him as well. 'El Viejo', or 'the old one' is what our mutual friend Tom Russell took to calling him in later years. The title track is a pretty special one for us. We had a blast making this thing, and we hope you enjoy it too.Inch - Corb Lund.

Dormancy comes in many forms. For some it is a break from the world of stress and the constant demands one finds oneself under. For others it is a much needed respite from the grind, a time to disengage from the wheel and collect oneself for the next challenge. If The Sun Dies, Greg Weeks' seventh , is a signal that his respite is over. Pursuing creativity once again, Weeks finds himself in a period of explosive productivity. He has written an enormous number of songs over the past few years, enough to fuel five separate projects, including If The Sun Dies. In addition, he has rebuilt his Hexham Head Studio (still all analog, still twenty-four tracks) and resuscitated his tag Language Of Stone (sans imprint status).If The Sun Dies, which takes it's title from an Oriana Fallaci novel, is every bit a Weeks album cryptic-poetic lyrics over melancholic melodies strummed on acoustic guitar and ornamented with the analog instruments he has forever treasured (Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Mini-Moog, and effects-laden guitars). However, the album feels like a departure, a maturation in both content and approach despite it's many echoes from the past. The album's running thread is melancholia, but lyrically the tunes couldn't be more disparate. InchIf The Sun DiesInch is an anthem that posits the end of things being the only means by which two people can find time to truly connect. InchThe Heathen HeartInch speaks to one's desire for salvation yet underscores a different, more frightening reality. The more narrative InchA Narrow StarInch follows a young woman's journey into entropy, while InchTail Lights Burn The Hillside RedInch explores the depression that likely drove her there. Shifting gears, InchDream You AwakeInch investigates the more archetypal territory of the star-crossed lovers, while InchDrivenInch attempts, unsuccessfully, to put the genie back into the bottle. Inc

Corb Lund - Things That Can't Be Undone [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/09/2015