Bonny Light Horseman
Rolling Golden Holy
Release Date: Oct 7, 2022
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: 37D03D
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Album Review: Rolling Golden Holy by Bonny Light Horseman
Very Good, Based on 3 Critics
Based on rating 7.5/10
Bonny Light Horseman's 2020-released self-titled debut was a Grammy nominated set of traditional British folk songs reworked with splashes of original melody, lyrics, and instrumentation, or as they put it, "a co-write with the traditional." Here the trio have shifted their approach to create an album of originals that shine and shimmer like a woozy summer afternoon. Anaïs Mitchell, creator of hit Broadway musical Hadestown, intermingles her wistful, smoky voice with that of Fruit Bats' Eric D. Johnson.
Based on rating 3.2/5
Another pretty good effort from a supergroup Folk/Americana supergroup Bonny Light Horseman attracted a fair degree of attention and a solid reception in 2020 for their self-titled debut. With a considerably experienced band lineup comprised of singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell, Fruit Bats frontman Eric D. Johnson, and multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman, the trio turned their talents towards an album rich with historical material.
Opinion: Very Good
Photo by D. James Goodwin The first self-titled Bonny Light Horseman album stole in unexpectedly in the dead season (at least for musical releases) of January 2020. Anaïs Mitchell was already famous for a folk career and Hadestown, but she would become much more so. Eric Johnson was medium-well known for his work in the Fruit Bats.
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