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Voices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs)

by dev hoff

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    1st pressing on limited edition "sea-foam" vinyl w/ sheet music insert.

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Voices From the Empty Moor seeks to honor the mystery and beauty of Anne Briggs’ music while maintaining its own unique perspective, foregrounding powerful emotion and, hopefully, magical transformation.

Bassist, composer and arranger devin hoff has been intensively studying the music of Anne Briggs for over a decade. Briggs was a leading light of the 1960’s English folk scene, a gifted songwriter and improvisor, as well as an amateur musicologist who revived traditional English, Scottish, and Irish Traveler songs with an unpretentious approach that perhaps presaged the rebellion of punk as much as it honored tradition.

The arrangements here include collaborations with musician friends that share a fascination with mining specific folk forms for universal and timeless truths; singers Julia Holter, Shannon Lay, Sharon Van Etten and Emmett Kelly; oud player Alejandro Farha; saxophonist Howard Wiley and drummer Jim White.

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released November 12, 2021

side A:
1. She Moved Through the Fair
(trad. arranged by D. Hoff; basses-D. Hoff)
2. Go Your Way
(words and music-Anne Briggs; vocals-Sharon van Etten; basses-D. Hoff)
3. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
(trad. arranged by D. Hoff; vocals-Julia Holter; basses-D. Hoff)
4. Maa Bonny Lad
(trad. arranged by D. Hoff; saxophone-Howard Wiley; basses-D. Hoff)

side B:
5. Living By the Water
(words and music-Anne Briggs; vocals-Shannon Lay; basses-D. Hoff)
6. The Snow It Melts the Soonest/My Bonny Boy
(trad. arranged by D. Hoff; oud-Alejandro Farha; bass-D. Hoff)
7. Black Waterside
(trad. arranged by D. Hoff; vocals-Emmett Kelly; basses-D. Hoff)
8. Willie O’ Winsbury
(trad. arranged by D. Hoff; drums-Jim White; guitar and basses-D. Hoff)
9. The Lowlands
(trad. arranged by D. Hoff; bass-D. Hoff)

mixed and produced by Devin Hoff
(performances recorded by artists themselves)

cover art by tivona

Dedicated to Jewlia Eisenberg z”l

Devin Hoff (1,3,4,6-9)
Publishing: Jessie the Dog Songs/ASCAP

Anne Briggs (2,5)
Writing: BRIGGS ANNE PATRICIA/ASCAP
Publishing: RYKOMUSIC LIMITED/ASCAP

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dev hoff New York, New York

dev hoff (she/her) is a bassist and composer who has worked with artists such as Sharon Van Etten, Julia Holter, \ Ava Mendoza, and many others...
Her own work explores music as ritual, striving towards liberation and recovery.

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