Brennan Gilmore “New Sudan”
Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Brennan Gilmore’s song “New Sudan” from his forthcoming album My Name is Daniel Leek. The album was recorded at the Galax, Virginia home of Dori Freeman and Nick Falk (Caamp), who co-produced the album.
“New Sudan” is Brennan Gilmore on acoustic guitars, mandolin, and vocals; Davina Jackson on vocals; Rob Hubbard on drums and vocals; Nate Leath on fiddle; Sam Howard on upright bass; and Bryan Holmes on organ.
As Brennan tells us about the song, “While many of the songs on My Name is Daniel Leek are more lyrically impressionistic and abstract, “New Sudan” is a story song in the ballad tradition, quite literal in telling of Daniel’s flight into refuge. It purposefully follows “Mama Played the Snare Drum” on the record, a similarly more literal account of Daniel’s youth before the war.
Brennan spent years abroad including in civil upheaval areas of Africa, only to return home to uncomfortably similar unrest, which, difficult as it is to face, served as material for this fabulous album. About the album, Brennan’s bio describes “the America Gilmore returned to felt uncomfortably familiar, with echoes of the borders, fault lines and conflicts he had spent years negotiating abroad. The album is a meditation on the unity, darkness and hope of both worlds.” This song recounts a young man facing the prospects of being forced to fight in a war. Rich with stringed instruments – fiddle, mandolin, guitars – and an energy building: “ Oh my sister where are you now? Dear brother, have you been found?”’
You can find the music here: https://ffm.to/yl4oqmn
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