Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Civil Wars(s)

This week, Daytrotter released a studio set by The Civil Wars. My friend Kelly (she runs a music blog called Disregarding Silence; you'll like her) turned me onto the band this summer, and I'm grateful for the sweet shakeup. Joy Williams and John Paul White make swallow-swoop harmonies up and down the vocal scale and all around each other — appropriate, then, that they lead "Birds of a Feather." They also cover the Smashing Pumpkin's "Disarm" quite beautifully. Gorgeous set. Download it here.

So, appropriately, I also need to share this video I made previewing The Battle of Wilson's Creek reenactment, which takes place this weekend: 3,400 reenactors, 32 cannons, authentic sutlers and other vendors converging on beautiful farmland near Wilson's Creek.  Come out if you can!

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