Liminal Lover, by Ballad Of

Liminal Lover

by Ballad Of

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1.	Louisa (The Ballad of Buffalo Bill) 05:34	info	buy track
2.	Dear Ethel 04:07	info	buy track
3.	Hard Line 02:46	info	buy track
4.	Electric Boogaloo 05:13	info	buy track
5.	Eternal Day 02:08	info	buy track
6.	Lay My Banjo Down 03:56	info	buy track
7.	Liminal Lover 03:48	info	buy track
8.	Old Boy 03:37	info	buy track
9.	The Year of Linear Thinking 05:27	info	buy track
10.	Hard Drive 03:41	info	buy track
11.	Weeping Mary 01:40	info	buy track
12.	The Longest Night 05:34		buy track
13.	What I Would Give 04:56	info	buy track
14.	Psalm 30 01:48	info	buy track
15.	Beach Glass 06:51	info	buy track

credits

released May 3, 2019

Ballad Of is...
Margaret (Wasaff) Kram: vocals & guitar
Anders Fahey: vocals, banjo, acoustic & electric guitar
Jonathan Een Newton: vocals, cello, electric bass, fiddle, piano & harmonium
Manny Arciniega: drums, percussion & soundscapes

Additional musicians...
Corinne Ducey: vocals (tracks 3, 5, 11, 14)
Seth Kibel: clarinet & saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 9, 10)
Dan Bullard: piano (tracks 2, 9)
David McKindley-Ward: guitar (track 1)
Alex Lacquement: upright bass (tracks 6, 12)

Produced by Ballad Of and Chris Freeland
All songs arranged by Ballad Of
Recorded and mixed by Chris Freeland at Beat Babies
Mastered by Sarah Register
Design and layout by Dan MacDonald Studios
Photo by Jonny Grave

This album is dedicated to the memory of Dale Newton

Thank you to all of our families and friends—near, far, in this world or the next—for your constant encouragement, guidance, and support, especially Canden, Mahler, Baby Emyn, the entire Schwanciniega Clan, Brian, Julian, Tom & Kris Fahey, Don Fahey, Yolie-n-Manny, Heather, George, Rachael & Charlie, Caleb Menzies for your beautiful logo design, CJ, Adrian & Meredith, Jennifer Ballow, Margaret & Dan Carpenter, Mitch, Lennie, Kendall, Jamison & Jason Cox, Niamh Ducey, Andrea Een, Andrew & Betty Een, James & Melanie Een, Stephen Francis, Dale Newton & Jane Gates, Robert & Norma Gazaille, Molly Hickman, Robert & Laurel Jones, Shingi Masanzu & Mylo Mannya, Brian McDonald, Kelly McDonald, Michael Merino and your neighborhood crows for the found sounds on “Old Boy,” Lorenzo & Blanca Morales and family, Nancy Paddleford, Loretta Painter, Patricia Rayner, Carolyn & Charlie Wasaff, John Wasaff, and a special thank you to Chris Freeland—the master and maestro—we are forever grateful for your passion, vision, and commitment to this project.

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Ballad Of Washington, D.C.

The DC-based quartet Ballad Of draws its influences from a deep well of both traditional and contemporary musical styles including early blues, Appalachian old-time, experimental classical, and shape-note hymnody. The group consists of Margaret Wasaff (guitar), Anders Fahey (banjo), Jonathan Een Newton (cello/fiddle), & Manny Arciniega (drums). ... more

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