Norman Blake - Brushwood (songs & Stories) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Facundo Saravia - A Fin De Cuentas En Vivo [COMPACT DISCS] Argentina - Import date 02/08/2019

2015 album from the Folk icon, the first recording of all original Blake material in over 30 years. With a career that started in the mid-50s and continues to this day, Norman Blake continues to astound with his Country-Folk-Bluegrass guitar technique that transcends genre, technological changes and the whims of pop culture. He's been a mainstay in both the Johnny and June Carter Cash bands; he was on Dylan's NASHVILLE SKYLINE, played with Kristofferson, Baez and John Hartford; guested on the ground-breaking WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and was a contributor to the Coen Brothers' O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOUGH? motion picture and soundtrack and three other films by them. Blake has 38 albums, a signature guitar line from Martin and the adulations of players worldwide.

Guitarist Norman Blake is one of the great unsung heroes of 20th century folk music. With nine GRAMMY nominations and several dozen albums under his own name and with his wife Nancy Blake, his long and storied career includes stints with Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson, features on Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline, and performances on the seminal O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack. Day by Day, a collection of single-take recordings captured in one session, is his first album with Smithsonian Folkways. This collection of originals and traditional tunes, performed on guitar and 5-string banjo, shows Blake reaching back to the roots of country and old-time music, including many songs and ballads that have roots in the 1800s. It is a rich poignant send-off to one of folk music's most enduring voices.