{"id":19005,"date":"2020-07-07T05:30:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T09:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=19005"},"modified":"2020-07-07T06:58:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T10:58:12","slug":"sarah-louises-atmospheric-americana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/07\/sarah-louises-atmospheric-americana\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Louise’s Atmospheric Americana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Describing herself as a musical omnivore, Sarah Louise makes music that draws inspiration from seemingly unrelated styles. The prolific Asheville musician has released five albums since her 2015 debut; three of those have come out just since early 2019. Her latest, Earth and its Contents<\/em> finds her applying her talents to enhance the work of another creative artist.<\/p>\n

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Louise is already at work on her next release, but the lull in live activity brought on by the pandemic led her to release a project that she completed some time ago. \u201cI had it on my computer for over a year,\u201d she says, \u201cand I didn\u2019t [initially] know what to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarah Louise\u2019s approach to making music is generally a solitary pursuit; her voice and instrumentation find full expression on her solo releases. But for Earth and its <\/em>C<\/em>ontents<\/em>, she set aside her lyrics and created atmospheric music designed to serve as the score for Fire <\/em>Underground<\/em>, a film by Nick Crockett.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a really good match,\u201d Louise says. \u201cI don\u2019t think I would say yes to anything that didn\u2019t feel like a very natural fit.\u201d A blend of Appalachian and experimental music, Earth and its Contents<\/em> helps reinforce what Louise calls Crockett\u2019s \u201calmost surrealistic approach\u201d to the film\u2019s subject, the history of coal mining.<\/p>\n

\"\"But the music stands well on its own, completely separate from the film. While it\u2019s nominally folk-based, listeners may pick up traces of Indian ragas, the \u201cFrippertronics\u201d style of electric guitar playing developed by Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, and even krautrock.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the very beginning, one of my biggest interests was the similarity between Appalachian and Indian music,\u201d Louise says. The meditative qualities of both appeal to her as well, and that\u2019s where the connection with the droning, repetitive rock of early \u201870s Germany reveals itself. \u201cThe krautrock [artists] were, in many ways, exploring different states of consciousness,\u201d Louise points out.<\/p>\n

Earth and its Contents<\/em> is primarily instrumental. \u201cThough there\u2019s a little bit of singing to sort of honor the Appalachian singing styles,\u201d Louise says. And with her work for Crockett\u2019s film behind her, the focus on vocals and lyrics is returning. \u201cWhat I\u2019m working on now is all songs,\u201d she says. \u201cI like to keep things wide open. Hopefully I can keep doing whatever I want, when I want it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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