Julia Wolfe - Steel Hammer (2014) Lossless

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Artist: Julia Wolfe
Title Of Album: Steel Hammer
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Cantaloupe Records
Genre: Modern Classical, Folk
Quality: FLAC
Total Time: 68:28 min
Total Size: 410 MB

Tracklist:

1. Some Say
2. The States
3. Destiny
4. Mountain
5. Characteristics
6. Polly Ann / The Race
7. Winner
8. Lord, Lord

Bang On A Can All-Stars:
Ashley Bathgate – cello
Robert Black – bass
Vicky Chow – piano, melodica
David Cossin – drums and percussion
Mark Stewart – electric guitar, banjo, mountain dulcimer, jaw harp, harmonica, clogging, humming
Evan Ziporyn – clarinets, harmonica, whistling, humming

Trio Mediæval:
Anna Maria Friman
Linn Andrea Fuglseth
Torunn Østrem Ossum

Inspired by her love for the music and lore of Appalachia, Julia Wolfe based her text for Steel Hammer (called a “wild hybrid” by the New York Times) on over 200 versions of the “John Henry” ballad, which has been recorded by everyone from Johnny Cash to Bruce Springsteen. A runner-up for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Steel Hammer features the alternately haunting and whimsical vocalizations of Norway’s renowned Trio Mediaeval, and stretches the standard instrumentation of the Bang on a Can All-Stars with wooden bones, mountain dulcimer, banjo, clapping, clogging and more.

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