ADAM WHITE,
long-time anarchist and music aficionado, alerted me to Anna & Elizabeth – and I’m so pleased that he did.
These two, superb, 25-year-old folk-singers, Elizabeth
LaPrelle, from Virginia (she's the short one) and New Englander, Anna Roberts-Gevalt, have carved
out an enviable reputation for themselves in the rich Appalachian musical
tradition. Their voices produce the most fragile and poignant of acapella
harmonies, while, in their highly educated hands, fiddle, banjo and guitar are
persuaded to perform with equal emotional effect. Anna & Elizabeth’s monologues, illustrated by their “crankies” – illuminated cloth
and paper scrolls – celebrate the lives of the men and women uncovered in the
course of their musical-historical research. American music critics have described Elizabeth as possibly “the most sought-after ballad singer of her generation”.
Their music is available from Free Dirt Records.
Enjoy.
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