THE path from punk to folk and Americana is well tread, with Billy Bragg as the archetype, and Johnny Cash’s “American” recordings launching a thousand tattooed troubadours. But blues assayer Sunny War, a self-proclaimed fan of “outsider” music, is taking things a step further. With her, the unexpected is the expectation. With her, a Ween cover appears among a compelling amalgam of blues, folk and gospel.
Unlike so many drawn to tradition after years in the underground, she doesn’t put on an accent or model herself on a single aesthetic. Instead, through the originality of her fingerpicking and the might of her fortitude, she channels an entire breadth
