Author: The Small Glories

Format: Original recording

PartNumber: RDH311.2

Release Date: 28-06-2019

Details: On June 28, The Small Glories will release ASSINIBOINE & THE RED, an album that celebrates the Canadian Prairies. The album title references the junction of two rivers, the Assiniboine (pronounced ‘uh-sin-uh-boin’) and the Red, in the duo’s hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and celebrates the happenstance meeting of members Cara Luft, an original member of the Wailin’ Jennys, and multi-instrumentalist JD Edwards. The duo’s onstage chemistry and humor complements their energetic live performances and buoyant, Americana-inflected folk songs. Luft and Edwards’ exuberant harmonies bring to mind such duos as the Civil Wars and Shovels & Rope, but with a Northern spin. The album’s songs are all inspired by places, from“Alberta,” the opener, to Winnipeg,” a spirited celebration of their hometown. “We’re folk singers, we try to write stuff that people can relate to,” says Edwards, whose looming stage presence and penetrating eyes find him the yin to Luft’s petite, snort-laughing yang. The duo, both of whom write, have captured the charm and chemistry of their live shows with ASSINIBOINE & THE RED’s collection of engaging, memorable songs. Jacket03365103111610 Folk Artists You Need to Know in 2019 “Luft is an absolute whiz on the banjo, and Edwards, who plays guitar, has the voice of a classic old-time country singer. Together, they crank out lively stories and songs rooted in long-held tradition and realism.” —Paste Magazine “Can two singer-songwriters be better than one? Yes, emphatically, yes, if the two in question are Cara Luft and JD Edwards, playing and singing together as The Small Glories. It’s our loss they didn’t [join forces] sooner because Edwards and Luft are a folk-roots powerhouse... It’s magic.” —Winnipeg Free Press“ “Luft is a Wailin’ Jennys alum whose work on the clawhammer banjo is to die for, while Edwards’ guitar and vocal harmonies deepen and enrich the duo’s sound.” —NPR“

UPC: 033651031123

EAN: 0033651031123

Model: RDH311.2

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New