The songs that make up The Way Forth weave back in time through a postcard, a personal account of a long life on a farm, traces of folk tunes, names, places, and rivers, all woven into an emotional fabric of yearning, nostalgia, grief, and the rich intimacies of everyday life. Initially solo voices are heard above vivid orchestrations, expanding with the choral voices of the community through fragments of traditional church music and popular tunes. The scope widens to include a modern male narrator's reflections on a place battered by greed, civil war, bigotry, and the exploitation of natural resources. Through music, voice, and film, The Way Forth honors the emotional legacy of the silenced, the holistic, the beauty in quotidian life, and explores the eternal grace and redemption of time, as symbolized by the great Dix and Kentucky Rivers
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: An honest and tender look at rural history and locality as well as the place of arts and creativity within society, all presented through Grimes' singular musical vision. Any fans of Rachel's tender chamber classical (myself included) will find a lot to enjoy here, while being comfortingly different from anything that's come before.TRACK LISTING
1. Got Ahold Of Me (4:15)
2. Postcard From Pauline (1:46)
3. Patsy (2:11)
4. Sisterhood Of Man (3:20)
5. Red House School (5:24)
6. The Hysterical Society (2:15)
7. Nowhere On Earth (3:24)
8. There Is No Other (3:33)
9. The Spells (1:33)
10. Fontaine Ferry (4:25)
11. For So Long (4:40)
12. Dix River Doxology (3:21)
13. Dolly (1:43)
14. Bill Of Sale (1:53)
15. End Of Dominion (12:07)
16. Sara (2:45)
17. A New Land (3:39)