How many pieces of sky by night does the moon in flight encircle us?
How many times around our hearts every three-sixty-five and a quarter?
How many days does it take to go from new to full and back again,
and back again?
Some would say that it makes a dark, dark Friday.
Some would say it's a chance they would not take.
But even the man in black could not miss this accounting,
he sang out: Lucky
But it's less about counting
and more about grace
How else could I wake up
to your face after all these years
We’re lucky, so lucky.
A baker's dozen of clover rolls, the attributes of mercy
All the Grandmothers circle the globe.
And we are the notes at play all along the octave
We’re full spectrum, and lucky.
from Wild Acre,
released May 3, 2014
TBC: vocals
Jake Armeding: acoustic guitar
Nate Babbs: drums and percussion
Aaron Fabbrini: electric bass
Jeremy Ylvisaker: electric guitar
This album speaks to the continuum of African diasporic culture that is central to the vibrant canon of Americana folk music. Bandcamp Album of the Day May 29, 2020