Folk musician David Huckfelt has gathered several notable names from the Tucson music scene to celebrate the release of his new album “Room Enough, Time.
Singer/songwriter/activist
David Huckfelt (of acclaimed Minneapolis group The Pines) reinterprets the definitive cowboy ballad “Bury Me Not” (The Dying Cowboy) on his upcoming album
Room Enough, Time Enough out February 26th. “Bury Me Not” (often called “The Cowboy s Lament & Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie ) is considered one of the most famous folk songs in the American songbook and has been covered by Johnny Cash, Colter Wall, Burl Ives and many others. The video for Huckfelt’s rendition was filmed on Tohono O’odham Indigenous land along the US border just outside of Tucson, Arizona; watch HERE.
Magnetic Fields
Lonely Highway
Crowd Of Drifters
Sunset City
Dust Bowl
Sweet and sour, incurably romantic, and deeply misanthropic, Magnetic Fields mastermind Stephin Merritt is a one-of-a-kind voice in modern lo-fi pop. This 1994 outing is a bit of a departure, with Merritt taking his trade.
more »mark ABBA-styled Casio-pop for a spin in the country literally. Awash in lush, Nashville-ready production, songs like the doleful Lonely Highway (which encompasses snatches of the Lee Hazelwood classic Jackson ) and Born on a Train are nothing short of thrilling. But much of this particular stretch of the Fields is lacking in charm, since Merritt s wry stance chafes a bit too hard against the guileless melodies. Completists may feel compelled to take a ride, but novices should probably stick to the more urbane journeys offered by Holiday and Distant Plastic Trees. David Sprague