the decemberists

My daughter Hana sent Anne and I a copy of The Crame Wife by The Decemberists. It has been very well-received - I'm about to rave about it!

This music - folk-rock style, is very very good. The musicianship is tremendous, and the lyrics and singing unique and absorbing. The songs are folk ballads with guitars, drums and a glorious Hammond organ, with a few other instruments from time to time.

Last week we took Hana, Sam and Josh to the Gold Coast in Australia and this was the only CD we had in the car - we didn't get sick of it but all liked it. That in itself is quite something for we all have quite varied musical tastes.

I think you can download some songs from their webpage... http://www.decemberists.com/

I highly recommend this album!