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Lisnaholic · 12-03-2022, 05:39 AM

Thanks to Safar and Psy-Fi for continued explorations of world music. However, this thread does say "Country, Folk and World", and I'd like to share something from the country/folk end of the spectrum.
Iris DeMent won't be a new name to many of us, but I was struck this morning by how good this song is; a bit of down-home wisdom, sweetly delivered:-

I also like that she takes as her starting point the same questions that were nagging at Gauguin when he painted his famous "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?":

If Gauguin had taken an Iris DeMent album to Tahiti, he would've had a ready answer to his own questions.

12-03-2022, 05:39 AM	#1128 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Thanks to Safar and Psy-Fi for continued explorations of world music. However, this thread does say "Country, Folk and World", and I'd like to share something from the country/folk end of the spectrum. Iris DeMent won't be a new name to many of us, but I was struck this morning by how good this song is; a bit of down-home wisdom, sweetly delivered:- I also like that she takes as her starting point the same questions that were nagging at Gauguin when he painted his famous "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?": If Gauguin had taken an Iris DeMent album to Tahiti, he would've had a ready answer to his own questions. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953 Last edited by Lisnaholic; 12-03-2022 at 05:44 AM.