Carla Torgerson & Jon Hyde (2x CD Bundle)
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Carla Torgerson's "Beckonings"
The beauty of Carla Torgerson’s vocals still catch the heart as much as they did when she was one of the pillars of The Walkabouts. She’s never stopped writing songs since the group ended in 2014, and finally she’s back with a new band and a new album, "Beckonings," an album that very much looks to the future, but also keeps its connections to her musical past. “Land of Plenty,” is “a longtime favorite piece of mine,” written by Terry Lee Hale, once a Seattle musician, with closing guitar atmospherics from former Walkabouts and duo bandmate Chris Eckman, who also gave her “Beckonings,” a song that offers a nod to the days of their Chris and Carla duo. Michael Wells of The Walkabouts supplies harmonica and long time collaborator Anne Marie Ruljancich supplies violin and back up vocals. The real focus, though, is on Torgerson’s own songs, with the epic, aching sweep of “Sunken Hearts” as the album’s penultimate centerpiece.
Jon Hyde's "The Sad Lights"
In addition to being a core member of The Transmissionary Six along with Walkabouts drummer Terri Moeller Pierson and guitarist Paul Austin, and touring Europe with Terry Lee Hale many years ago, multi-instrumentalist Jon Hyde has brought his musical talents to recordings by artists such as The Walkabouts, Laura Veirs, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, and many others. Now, he returns with a new collection of songs for his fourth solo album "The Sad Lights." Nods to some of Jon’s music heroes can be found in the set, from the acerbic wit of Elvis Costello to the melancholic Americana of the Jayhawks, and even to the classic country swoon of George Jones.