Release Date: Nov 15, 2019
Genre(s): Americana, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country-Rock, Stage & Screen
Record label: Ear Music
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A funny thing about the waterfall pictured on the album cover of Joe Henry's latest album, The Gospel According to Water. At the time of the album's release that waterfall will no longer be there. It's not that it is some old historic photograph of a place long gone, but the waterfalls of Yosemite are the result of snow melt so they disappear in the chill of winter.
Art is often informed by the life experiences of the artist, and what happens to them can impact their work in any number of ways. In November 2018, the singer and songwriter Joe Henry was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and as he wrestled with the prospect of mortality and the physically and ….
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