Todd Snider Brings the Funk on His New LP An insiderâs look at the songsmithâs
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âIf folk donât want no funk, it shouldnât start none,â Todd Snider proclaims with a laugh. Itâs funny, of course, because no one in the folk world is trying to start any funk. Well, that is, no one other than Snider on his new album
First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder, which will be released Friday.
For the past six months, Iâve been working on a book with Snider, and as a result, I had a front-row seat for the making of the record. I even accidentally got a co-writing credit on one of the songs when he used something I said in passing. Itâs an album that is more than the realization of Sniderâs funk dreams. Itâs the culmination of a musical journey the artist has been on for more than a decade of his nearly 35-year career.