Rhiannon Giddens, “Spanish Mary” from The New Basement Tapes: One Track Mind
‘The New Basement Tapes’ finally live up to their dizzying promise with Rhiannon Giddens’ darkly contoured reading of “Spanish Mary.”
‘The New Basement Tapes’ finally live up to their dizzying promise with Rhiannon Giddens’ darkly contoured reading of “Spanish Mary.”
They take a kind of orchestral approach to the hootenanny aesthetic.
You can tell their heart is in it. But something important is off.
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