We Made It To The Canyon

Erin Durant “Good Ol’ Night”

“Good Ol’ Night” somewhat resembles Joanna Newsom’s classic “Good Intentions Paving Company” in both tone and style, as Erin Durant sings a lovely, delicate melody around low-key piano and percussion that’s so light and casual that it sounds as though it could be entirely improvised. This is high praise – I believe that particular Newsom song to be her very best, and it’s the kind of song that makes me wish there were more like it. Durant has a similar gift for evocative lyrics and sets a very vivid scene in old bars, casinos, cities, rivers, deserts, and the open road. The song is something of a travelogue and moves in tangents, but the emphasis is always on Durant’s voice and her charting a deep connection between two people as they move closer and further away from each other.

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