Enter for a chance to win Martha Scanlan's new album, "The River and The Light"!
Enter for a chance to win Martha Scanlan's new album, "The River and The Light"! The album will be released on October 19th by Rock Ridge Music. To enter the contest, fill out the form below between Friday, October 5 and Friday, October 26.
Martha Scanlan's music seems to invoke something ancient, something deep in the American psyche, in songs that are layered with the complexity of belonging; this is not only a journey of the soul, but a journey of the times we are living in. Something about the sense of discovery and wonder here, even in the midst of heartbreaking vulnerability, feels essential. Full of moments of profound intimacy and belonging, the album hosts some of the finest writing yet from the award-winning Scanlan. The album was produced by her longtime musical collaborator, Jon Neufeld, and recorded at Type Foundry Studios in Portland, Oregon. Martha Scanlan first gained national recognition for her songwriting at the prestigious Chris Austin songwriting contest at Merlefest in 2004, where she won awards in two categories. With the Reeltime Travelers, she was featured on the soundtrack for the film "Cold Mountain," produced by Grammy Award winner T Bone Burnett. Since then she has collaborated and shared the stage with a variety of roots musicians including Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Levon Helm, Ollabelle, Ralph Stanley, Norman and Nancy Blake, and members of Black Prairie and the Decemberists. Recommended if you like: Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, Alison Krauss, Amy Helm, Patterson Hood, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Tift Merritt.
