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March 3, 2009
Bosque Brown's Baby
Finally, finally finally, Bosque Brown's second full length record is here. Baby sounds even more plucked out of time than Mara's first album did; her sound is richer, older, more playful and more wise in equal measure. I can't tell which songs are happy and which are sad, which is the best emotional space any music can occupy. You can hear two tracks here. The album itself is in stores on CD and vinyl (I wish I had a record player), and of course it's at iTunes as well.
Mara and her band will be playing several shows at SXSW to support the record; and of course, she'll also be appearing onscreen in St. Nick. I still can't believe she's actually in it. We filmed her scene twice that night, each time with a different song. I wanted her to play that old gospel hymn Leanin' on Jesus as an homage to Night Of The Hunter - but just in case it was too on on the nose, we shot a second version with one of Mara's original songs. That's what wound up in the film, and it's unbelievable. But her version of Leanin' was beautiful, too, and so to celebrate her record's release, here it is:
P.S. If you've never seen Night Of The Hunter, then shame on you - but here is the final unforgettable occurrence of the same song in that film.
Posted by David Lowery at March 3, 2009 3:14 AM
Comments
"Night of the Hunter" is one of my ALL TIME favorites. Such an amazing, beautiful, haunting film. Never gets the props it deserves. I saw Tom Tykwer present it once on the big screen....amazing!
Posted by: don r. lewis at March 5, 2009 11:38 PM