Growing up a stone’s throw from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina, Ledah Finck’s compositional voice is deeply shaped by her Southern upbringing. An accomplished violinist and fiddler, Finck’s work interacts meaningfully with the legacies of Appalachian, Folk, and Old Time music. If I were only halfway home embraces elements of each as it charts a musical course soaked with exile, hope, and loss. The solo bass clarinet is utilized to maximum potential as a dichotomous vessel of gentleness and power, employing fiddle rhythms and traditional vocal styles toward its prophetic end. If it is true that the best music makes us nostalgic for places we’ve never known, then Finck’s keen sense of placemaking feels right at home - well, halfway. - Notes by Andy Hudson
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from halfway home,
released July 26, 2022
'If I were only halfway home' by Ledah Finck
Engineered & Produced by Andrew Rodriguez
Mastered by Mike Tierney
Recorded at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
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