A day that involved two five-hour car trips last week also gave me a reason to download some new music to listen to on the way.
Ordinary Time
is an independent folk acoustic trio rooted in the Christian tradition. Comprised of Ben Keyes (guitar, piano, mandolin), Peter La Grand (guitar, banjo, dobro), and Jill McFadden (guitar, violin), Ordinary Time presents extraordinarily rich vocal harmonies, skillful instrumentation, and thought-provoking lyrics. The band’s oeuvre seamlessly weaves the hymns of generations past with their own new songs—often indistinguishably—producing a sound that ranges from bluegrass-tinged Americana to sacred harp hymn arrangements.
They had me at ‘folk acoustic’.
I’ve played them both a fair bit over the last few days.
I downloaded two of their three albums. You can get them for as little as $5 and $6 or a bit more if you feel generous.
Here are the full track lists so you can have a listen, and then go and purchase if you want to.
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