Townes The Basics: Gold Vinyl LP Hiatus Kaiyote and gospel harmonies

and gospel harmonies

dancing merrily in the dual role of oppressed/oppressor

sparse folk intersects with soulful indie

A Mixmag cover-star

But no matter…seldom has the secular met the sacred with as much emotional force as on O

Townes The Basics: Gold Vinyl LP Hiatus Kaiyote and gospel harmoniesIn 2009 Steve Earle released an album of Townes Van Zandt songs. It began as solo guitar and vocal tracks recorded in October 2008 in New York City. Other instruments were added later in subsequent sessions for the album in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. Those original recordings The Basics were released on a limited edition bonus CD with the Townes album and are available here for the first time on colored vinyl