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Native Soil (Threshold Music 2004)
Dana and Susan's debut recording as a duo, Native Soil has one foot rooted in southern old-time stringband tradition and the other in an all-culture blend of third-world rhythms, crooked English ballads, funky banjo originals, and vocal harmonies. Track listing:
1. The Cuckoo 2. Lost Girl 3. Miller and the Lass / Vern's Reel 4. When First Unto This Country 5. East Virginia Blues 6. Red Rocking Chair 7. Cider's Dream (Chasing Squirrels) 8. Waterbound 9. Say Darlin' Say 10. Ain't No Cane 11. Ernie Carpenter's Grandpappy's Favorite / The Horney Ewe 12. Goin' To Cary Cast of Players:
Dana Robinson – Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Fiddle and Mandolin Susan Robinson – Vocals, Banjo, Guitar John Herrmann – Banjo Meredith McIntosh – Acoustic Bass, Vocals Mike Alexander – Acoustic Bass Pat Madsen – Drums River Guerguerian – Percussion |
I’ve made my living as a songwriter yet I could never write the way I do without the influence of traditional music. The music of our ancestors is the rich soil that all new music arises from. Music of Scots, Irish, African, and native American origin has been continually reinterpreted and recycled through generations to become something uniquely American, and has arisen out of what I call our Native Soil. This collection of songs, most old and a few new, is our contribution to that process. – Dana Robinson
