Australian singer-songwriter Leah Senior turns to two selections from the British folk guitar tradition for this installment of the Lagniappe Sessions. Recorded at home with Jesse Williams, her take on John Renbourn’s “Rainy Day” slows the tune’s insistent central riff, drawing out its sinuous, unhurried quality and the delicate, cascading descent that follows. On Jansch’s “Tell Me What Is True Love,” a lilting picking pattern opens onto a similarly pastoral expanse.
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Leah Senior :: Pt. Roadknight
For roughly a decade and over five albums, Leah Senior has been making airy, breathy, lightly syncopated folk music. Her songs are delicate but not slight, built on pristine runs of acoustic guitar and cooing, trilling vocals. In this fifth album, however, the Australian singer hints at a broader, more communal palette of sounds.