Sturgill Simpson – cuttin’ grass vol 2 (the Cowboy Army sessions) cd/2lp

Sturgill Simpson zijn tweede plaat met herinterpretaties van zijn eigen werk maar dan in bluegrass vorm. Sinds het succes van Tim Knol en de Blue Grass Boogiemen lijkt ook ons land redelijk open te staan voor dit genre, getuige het succes van het eerste deel. Nu dus deel 2.  ‘ The genre-defying singer/songwriter reconvened an A-Team of acoustic players (now dubbed “The Hillbilly Avengers”) for another round of reinterpretations of his catalogue, this time largely focusing on 2016’s A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, which won the Grammy for Country Album of the Year and was nominated for Album of the Year. This volume also includes “Jesus Boogie,” originally performed by Simpson’s first band, Sunday Valley, and two previously unreleased songs, “Tennessee” and “Hobo Cartoon,” the latter of which was co-written with the incomparable Merle Haggard—who once said that Simpson was “about the only thing I’ve heard that was worth listening to in a long time.” Luister de plaat op bandcamp.