Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn – And Am I Born to Die
An evening pause: Listen to the words. They ask the most fundamental questions of existence.
Hat tip Tom Wright.
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Washburn is a big Lefty and is a big lover of Communist China.
She is from Illinois not Ireland and the song she sings, with the accompaniment of her husband (big left-leaning Banjo player), is depressingly tedious.
Jwing: It is a mistake to make everything political. Here they are performing a beautiful Christian hymn, and doing it well. They aren’t bringing politics in. Neither should we.
Yup. If you want artists to just shut up and sing, you need to listen to them when they do. Else they will see no reason to do so.
Lefty or not, they are great musicians. I can forgive them some personal differences, we all have them.