Of the Cathmawr Yards

Review

by Steve Leggett

This is a very weird album, and an ultimately compelling one. The title and the group's name both connect to the Cathmawr Yards graveyard which figures in Dylan Thomas' short story The Horse's Ha, so one might assume that this band was a 21st century British folk revival group with art house intentions, but Horse's Ha hails from Chicago, IL, although there is nothing even remotely Midwestern about their sound. Horse's Ha, which is really Freakwater's Janet Bean and the Zincs' Jim Elkington with a postmodern jazz trio behind them, sure sounds British, a bit like Pentangle on cough syrup. Elkington's songs have …  » Read more

Tracks

				Title	Composer	Time
		1		Plumb	Elkington	3:37
		2		Asleep in a Waterfall	Elkington	4:08
		3		Wilds Empty Bedroom	Elkington	5:18
		4		Left Hand	Elkington	3:54
		5		Liberation	Horse's Ha	2:49
		6		The Piss Choir	Elkington	5:16
		7		Heiress	Elkington	3:44
		8		Tea Creek in the Dunes	Elkington	3:10
		9		Rising Moon	Bean	3:37
		10		Map of Stars	Elkington	5:38

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