James Elkington - Wintres Woma (2017)

Drawing from British folk, avant-rock, and jazz traditions alike, Wintres Woma—Old English for “the sound of winter”—is James Elkington’s debut solo record, but you’ve likely heard his masterful guitar playing and arranging, even if you didn’t realize it. Elkington (an Englishman living in Chicago) is an inveterate collaborator who brings his lyrical compositional and improvisational sensibilities to any group. He has toured as a band member, recorded, and/or collaborated with Jeff Tweedy, Richard Thompson, Steve Gunn, Michael Chapman, Joan Shelley, Nathan Salsburg and Brokeback, to name just a few of his many enthusiastic admirers. His assured album, recorded at Wilco’s Loft, is baroquely detailed and beautifully constructed, featuring both his baritone vocals and some of Chicago’s finest, including Tomeka Reid.

TRACKLIST:

01. James Elkington - Make It Up
02. James Elkington - Hollow in Your House
03. James Elkington - Wading the Vapors
04. James Elkington - Grief Is Not Coming
05. James Elkington - When I Am Slow
06. James Elkington - The Parting Glass
07. James Elkington - The Hermit Census
08. James Elkington - Greatness Yet to Come
09. James Elkington - Sister of Mine
10. James Elkington - My Trade in Sun Tears
11. James Elkington - Any Afternoon