Forest Mountain Hymnal

Nov
23
posted by jamie

When Tommy asked me to write a few things for Sound Doctrine I was intrigued to say the least, and when I heard that my cut would be a full 50% of the $0.00 this weblog makes daily, I considered myself headhunted. However, feeling I’ll never be able to keep up with this guy on a new music front makes for some apprehension on my part. Out of respect for my most Jewish friend I still took the job, despite feeling somewhat like the blogger Carlton to his Fresh Prince, or the musical Haddock to his TinTin (which I’m seeing tomorrow – keen).

And thus without segue I give you Forest Mountain Hymnal, a pretty pleasant husband and wife duo that use a banjo and some voices to great effect on the folk standard (I’d never heard it) Buckeye Jim, below. It’s always a shame when a band’s best song is a cover and it’s possibly true in this case but their EP Fitcher’s Bird and Other Tales of the Macabreis worth a listen nonetheless, and shows a dedication to storytelling not often seen in today’s folk scene. I promise never to say scene again in my Sound Doc career.

Forest Mountain Hymnal – ‘Buckeye Jim’ [FREE MP3]

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Purchase/Hear more at the Forest Mountain Hymnal Bandcamp

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  1. Jennifer
    25/11/2011

    I don’t think Buckeye Jim is “their best song” – Fitcher’s Bird is excellent as is Epithalmium, both originals. Also, it’s not quite a cover when it’s a folk tune, is it? Like, Sam Amidon ONLY does covers, if that’s the case, right?

  2. tommy
    25/11/2011

    I guess you can argue that it’s not a cover, but you just as easily (and to the same effect) say “a song that’s not an original”.