Chris Thile presents a truly solo album,
Laysongs, on which his voice and mandolin are the sole contributors. Released by Nonesuch Records, the album contains six originals, including “Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth,” a three-part suite inspired by C.S. Lewis’
The Screwtape Letters, and three covers and was co-produced by Thile’s wife, Claire Coffee. “[Coffee] has incredible taste and narrative intuition,” Thile said. “She was able to help me weave the original and non-original material together.” Engineer Jody Elff recorded
Laysongs with Thile at Future-Past, a recording studio in Upstate New York built inside an old church. The album’s content was informed by Thile’s Christian upbringing, spurred by Nonesuch’s Chairman Emeritus Bob Hurwitz, who told Thile he, “should do a God-themed record of some kind, it’s all over [Thile’s] work.”
Goose Performs At Suwannee Rising 2021
Apr 10, 2021
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Goose performed for the second night of the Suwannee Rising festival on Friday taking place at Spirit Of The Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. As co-headliners along with Lettuce, the Connecticut quintet delivered two sets for the Florida festival audience.
Jeff Arevalo kicked off set one with “Lead The Way,” which appears on the band’s 2016 debut album,
Moon Cabin. More staples followed in “Doc Brown,” “Jive II” and “Time To Flee.” Goose then revived their cover of Tom Wait’s “Gun Street Girl,” which they debuted in March 2020 during their agöosetic set.