As you may already know The Decemberists have been on fire lately, and their 2009 album The Hazards of Love is an eclectic and amazing piece of work that bears repeated listening. It just came in at the top of Sound & Vision Magazine’s Best of 2009 list, and deservedly so. But that’s not the point of this post. The point is the announcement that went up on their website last week, to wit:
We’re also pleased as punch to introduce Black Prairie, a side project featuring Decemberists Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, and Nate Query plus local Portland musicians Annalisa Tornfelt and Jon Neufeld. This eclectic bluegrass-but-not-really group will make its live debut at Noise Pop in San Francisco next month. Their record, Feast of the Hunters’ Moon, will be released later this spring. Black Prairie’s website will be launched soon. In the meantime you can follow them on Twitter or visit them on Facebook.
3 comments
John Philpin says:
January 27, 2010 at 5:22 am (UTC -8 )
Thanks for this headsup John – big fan of the Decemberists – so will go looking for this and the when and the where,
BobbyG says:
February 6, 2010 at 8:43 am (UTC -8 )
+1. I love The Hazards of Love. “Margaret and Williams”. great interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjF75aJU5BA
William McDonough says:
March 3, 2010 at 6:37 pm (UTC -8 )
hello great website yea nice job thanks !! very helpful post!