Pitchfork: Drag City Unearths Another Lost Folkie

Sometimes people just don't know what they've got until their friends tell them-- spinach in the teeth, cool parents... hey, even talent. Take musician cousins Mark Fosson and Tiffany Anders for example. Back in 1977, Fosson made his way from Kentucky to Los Angeles to sign to John Fahey's famous Takoma Records. He recorded some tunes, both with and without Fahey, and was moving forward to release them when the label went bankrupt. The recordings collected dust at Fosson's place since then and perhaps would have sat there forever if Anders hadn't gotten on his back about getting them out to the public.

Taking Anders' cue, Drag City will release The Lost Takoma Sessions on July 25, and although Fahey isn't present on these particular tracks, they're likely still worth checking out.

Tracklist:

01 Jubilaya
02 Wind Through a Broken Glass
03 Variations on a Thumb
04 Quarter Moon
05 Cosmic Hiccup
06 Chillicothe
07 Arrival of the Grand Picayune
08 Gorilla Mountain
09 All the Time in the World
10 Sky Piece
11 Frozen Fingers
12 Nancy's Waltz