Trainfare Home
“This is full of tremulous, emotion-packed music, a solid candidate for Album of the Year. Bravo!” - The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)
Guided by composer Dick Connette and singer Sonya Cohen, Last Forever is a unique combination of instruments, talents, influences and aspirations. Trainfare Home is a reissue of their second CD, originally released by Nonesuch in 2000. Together, they take a new musical approach to the simplicity, clarity and eccentric beauty of American musical traditions, both in their interpretation of folk songs, as well as in the original material. The instrumental ensemble includes guitars, strings, hammer dulcimer, harmonium, drums, hand percussion, woodwinds and horns, creating a graceful rural roots sound from a decidedly urban point of view. According to fRoots, it’s ‘definitely an album to leave in the player and savour over and over again to appreciate the richness and variety,’ and Sing Out! called it ‘fascinating’ and ‘one of the best releases of the past year.’
Release Date: April 21, 2015