Will Oldham - Guarapero: Lost Blues 2

Guarapero/lost Blues 2 gathers seven years' worth of rarities from Will Oldham, including an unusual reading of D.h. Lawrence's poem The Risen Lord, with a clunky, cheesy drum machine in the background, as well as a radical reworking of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Every Mother's Son." Several of these songs come from BBC sessions, but the sound quality on tracks like "Gezundheit" and "Let the Wires Ring" suggests they were recorded on wax cylinder and transmitted by a crystal set, which, of course, only amplifies the songs' sparse, timeless feel. Read More