The Heart's Swift Foot, by Red Tail Ring

The Heart's Swift Foot

by Red Tail Ring

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1.	Ohio Turnpike 04:28	buy track
2.	Katy Came Breezing 04:47	buy track
3.	Dirt Triangle 04:00	buy track
4.	The Heart's Swift Foot 03:29	buy track
5.	J in the Broom Straw 02:35	buy track
6.	Queen of the West, and Other Stories 04:04	buy track
7.	A Clearing in the Wild 04:47	buy track
8.	Suffer Every Sound 03:27	buy track
9.	Body Like a Bell 03:45	buy track
10.	St. James Hospital 05:13	buy track
11.	Ladies' Choice Waltz 04:20	buy track
12.	My Heart's Own Love 03:21	buy track

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‘The Heart’s Swift Foot’ is full of new songs from two years of the band’s creative work, spanning 2011-2013. Mournful heart ballads, upbeat bluegrass-influenced riffs, and fierce old-timey fiddle instrumentals tie this new project together in Red Tail Ring fashion.

As Jasmine Zweifler, of iSpy, puts it, “it was Beauchamp-Cohen and Premo’s intent to create a record that sounded as close to their live performances as possible, with simplicity and intuition playing central roles. And they succeed mightily. ‘The Heart’s Swift Foot’ is an album that is remarkable for what it isn’t just as much as what it is. It isn’t flashy, it isn’t self-conscious. . . for that reason it feels like a life-giving breath into the stale and stagnant lungs of radio approved ubiquity.”

credits

released May 20, 2013

MICHAEL BEAUCHAMP-COHEN - voice, guitar, mandolin, banjo
LAUREL PREMO - voice, fiddle, banjo, feet, dobro

Recorded in October 2012 & January 2013 at La Luna Studio in Kalamazoo, MI by Ian Gorman.
Mixed by Laurel Premo
Master by Ian Gorman at Western Sound Studios
Portrait photos by Eana Apple Agopian
Graphic design by Laurel Premo

A special credit to Jay Lapp and Ian Gorman for their support and astute ears. Gibson mandolin used on "Suffer Every Sound" courtesy of Nick Vander Vliet (of Who Hit John?).

All songs written by Michael Beauchamp-Cohen (BMI) and Laurel Premo (BMI) except "My Heart's Own Love" by Hazel Dickens and "St. James Hospital," a traditional ballad first brought to our attention through the singing of Doc Watson. We play these tunes to honor the work of these two torchbearers who recently passed on.

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Red Tail Ring Traverse City, Michigan

Laurel Premo and Michael Beauchamp-Cohen of Red Tail Ring create lush, intricate arrangements of original folk music and traditional ballads with banjo, fiddle, guitar, and close harmonies. “The very best of the 21st century’s minimalist and highly original folk music . . . a peerless duo.” – American Roots UK. ... more

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