Firefly

- is Garnet Rogers' ninth solo CD and features eight new original songs from a writer whose songs "give expression to the unspoken vocabulary of the heart" (Kitchener Waterloo Record). Like contemporaries Greg Brown and Dave Alvin - on a path originally cleared by Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly - Garnet Rogers writes about how people live and cope, and how they find their way through an often imperfect and wearying world. "vivid, passionate writing, laden with the fears and courage of hard- hit ordinary people" (Boston Phoenix). The two non-original songs on Firefly, one of which is Ralph McTell's wonderful "Girl From the Hiring Fair," ably demonstrate why Garnet Rogers is considered "the greatest male interpreter and vocalist performing in the contemporary folk scene." (Sing Out) Recorded at the private studio of singer-songwriter Scott Merritt, Firefly accurately reflects what talented people sound like working in a relaxed, un-pressurized atmosphere. Stark, unaccompanied arrangements rub shoulders with lush strings, traditional folk instrumentation overlaps electric guitars and drums, and all of it hangs on Garnet Rogers' "sense of song, of melody and of story (which) separates him from musicians who add more production simply because they can. (Dirty Linen) This is mature, well-crafted work from an established artist, and Firefly will as well be a wonderful revelation for anyone who is new to Garnet Rogers' music.

Track Listing: Better Days Underpass Redwing Girl From The Hiring Fair Where'd You Get That Little Dress? Blue Smoke Lady Of Spain The Painted Pony Nightfall (instrumental)/Who Could Have known Firefly

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