foxes

i love these illustrations by julie morstad - they're for neko case's new album, fox confessor brings the flood, which i am so excited about. i remember the first time i heard her voice - it was 'furnace room lullaby' and i was spellstruck rooted to the ground. when i found out she was playing at the hillside festival a few months later, the very weekend i was going home, i had to go. fourth row we lay on the grass on our backs and i looked up into the sky as she played and her voice was such a force she barely needed the microphone. it felt like they could hear her on the other side of the island. i think she only played five songs, but it was enough. i didn't even care about the constantines, who played into the evening, as tara and i talked about what we wanted for our lives. it was one of those perfect days.

this has been playing on the ipod all week, and i love it more each time:

neko case - 'star witness'

and one more because i love them both too much to choose between them:

neko case - 'hold on, hold on'

Comments

[Shari]

Hi jerusha
Found your blog via mati's site. I adore the work of Julie Morstad and even more, I LOVE Neko Case. T and I already have tickets to see her in April in NC. Can't wait.