Field Holler

"Field Holler" is the opening piece off the above album, a collection of recordings of the Appalachian tradition ranging from 1944 to 2002. You can listen to more, and buy it, at this link here. There are several gems therein, but "Field Holler" is the one that haunts me. It has some spectral relationship with music I've heard from the Solomon Islands, with Bayaka music, with Clive Powell's rendition of "Reed Sodger." There's something ancient about it, something that speaks to blood.