Make Your Cozy Little Corner in the Bright Electrified World

by Leah Hennessy & Nick Morrison

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1.	Cozy Little Corner 02:50	info	buy track
2.	Come Over to My House 02:26	info	buy track
3.	Dented Can 04:02	info	buy track
4.	Lilac Wine 05:17	info	buy track
5.	Turkle Dove 02:07	info	buy track
6.	Hollis Brown 05:36	info	buy track
7.	World Going Wrong 05:06	info	buy track

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The 7-track album features traditional material learned from artists like Geechie Wylie, Booker T. Washington "Bukka" White, and the Mississippi Sheiks, with 2 originals written by Hennessy and Morrison. Also included are Bob Dylan's "Ballad of Hollis Brown", and "Lilac Wine", a tune recorded by Nina Simone on her 1966 "Wild is the Wind" album.

Our music has evolved out of great love and respect for the blues, folk, and jazz idioms. Throughout the process of learning this music, we have tried to see ourselves in it, and to understand where we sit in relationship to tradition.

The record was recorded in two days at the home of Ted Reichman, a mentor, friend, multi-instrumentalist, and gracious host.

Leah Hennessy - vocals
Nick Morrison - guitar, gourd banjo, electric guitar, foot rattle

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Derek Beckvold - tabla (track 3), alto saxophone (track 7)
Moses Eder - percussion, drums (tracks 2, 5, 7)
Ted Reichman - accordion (track 2), pump organ (track 4), bass drum (track 5), piano (track 7)

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released June 7, 2013

Recorded 4.21.12 & 4.22.12
in Roslindale, MA

Recorded to tape by Nick Morrison. Mixed by Nick Morrison.
Mastered by Nick Dragoni, at M Works Studios, Cambridge MA

Cover design by Michael Padgett with photography from Suzanne Hunt

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Leah Hennessy & Nick Morrison Somerville, Massachusetts

Leah Hennessy & Nick Morrison are investigating what it means to play the blues in the 21st century. Their approach to a repertoire of rural blues and folk music pays homage, while inflecting the sound with elements of free jazz and West African guitar. Hennessy's voice is by turns raw and refined, drawing from her Southern roots. Morrison on guitar & gourd banjo is intertwined as support and lead ... more

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