Cedars

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The mystifying 9th album in the Field Works series, Cedars combines cosmic Americana with Western ambient and Middle Eastern influences. Delicate layers of pedal steel, banjo, oud, and hurdy-gurdy float atop looping guitar drones to create a soothing, atmospheric chamber where folk and electronic music coalesce. Set to Arabic and English poetry, the song cycle examines some of Earth’s most iconic and ancient forests, revealing our complicated relationship with the natural world. For this special dual-language release, Field Works producer Stuart Hyatt has assembled a supergroup of musicians, poets, and artists. The album is narrated by Youmna Saba and H.C. McEntire. Instrumentalists include Marisa Anderson, Fadi Tabbal, Dena El Saffar, Danny Paul Grody, Bob Hoffnar, Tomás Lozano, Nathan Bowles, Alex Roldan, Youmna Saba, and Stuart Hyatt. Renowned illustrator María Medem brings poems by Todd Fleming Davis and Youmna Saba to life in the accompanying full-color Risograph comic book; and longtime Field Works collaborators PRINTtEXT design the packaging. VINYL FORMAT INCLUDE MP3 DOWNLOAD COUPON INSIDE PACKAGE TRACK LISTING1. La’āli’2. Thāk-al-yawm3. Badron wa Qina‛4. ’Arāha5. In‛ikās6. ’Aylūll7. Ar-raḥīl8. Ḥalaqah ’Azaliyyah9. The sharp smell of cedar10. Before we're born11. The scars of recent history12. In the gloaming13. Drowning in a sky of cotton14. Each year15. In the floodplain16. The pasture Show more