If you haven't heard any of the music from this hauntingly-beautiful duo, then you need to drive yourself to HMV, or click yourself onto the iTunes music store and check them out. The Civil Wars have only been known by that name for a year and a half. In fact, as I just read on their website, Joy Williams...
[caption id="attachment_68" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="album art"][/caption] Wow. So first off, serious thanks to Alex Lepinski for this find. Alex and I were rehearsing a tune for the open mic on Jeju when we got side-tracked (surprised) and she played some of this awesome (literally, awe-some, as in...awe-inspiring) album for me....
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="175" caption="1973 Album Cover, shot by Frank Stefanko."][/caption] What is it about The Boss? Seriously. I'm not bashing him, but the truth of the matter is I've never really found myself moved in any way by his music. And I don't mean to say that I expect some deep...