1 JAMES ELKINGTON
Make It Up
We begin with an opener from songwriter and producer James Elkington’s debut, 2017’s Wintres Woma. Of course, it borrows the frantic picking, nimble double bass and speedy percussion from Nick Drake’s “’Cello Song”, but the rest is all Elkington and his own muse.
2 JOAN SHELLEY
Haven
With a low-strung guitar lazily strummed, a short runtime and a plaintive melody, this cut from (2019) seems to channel the stark isolation of through the lush fields of Kentucky.
