The Time Of The Foxgloves

Sein erstes Studioalbum seit 12 Jahren, ein paar Tage nach Veröffentlichung des Albums wird er 80 Jahre alt! Michael Hurley nahm sein Debüt 1965 für Folkways Records auf. Seitdem hat er zahlreiche Alben veröffentlicht, von denen einige bei Light In The Attic wiederveröffentlicht wurden. Künstler wie Kurt Vile, Devendra Banhart, Calexico, The Violent Femmes, Lucinda Williams und Cat Power schätzen ihn sehr. // Michael Hurley's first new studio record in 12 years features eleven songs recorded in Astoria, Oregon during the brief time of year when the foxgloves bloom. Hurley had been workshopping the set at home for the past few years. Friends and collaborators came into town and contributed from afar. The songs are lifted by violin, organ, upright bass, banjo, percussion - but at the center, of course, is the enigmatic Snock, whose songs have grown only more unique and more 57 years after his debut album (First Songs - Folkways, 1964). It could only be Snock. Heartbreaking, heartfelt, easy and carefree. The glorious opener "Are You Here For The Festival" - punctuated by a pair of violins - came to him while working in the garden. "Little Blue River" floats by on a cloud. The haunting "Jacob's Ladder" sounds beamed in from another era. Or dimension. Foxgloves is as comforting and wonderful as any Hurley record that has come before it. TRACKLISTING: 01. ARE YOU HERE FOR THE FESTIVAL 02. ALABAMA 03. SE FUE EN LA NOCHE 04. BLONDES AND REDHEADS 05. LOVE IS THE CLOSEST THING 06. BOULEVARD 07. KNOCKO THE MONK 08. JACOB'S LADDER 09. LITTLE BLUE RIVER 10. BEER, ALE AND WINE 11. LUSH GREEN TREES