It’s interesting to see the ways people are exploring the meeting point of folk and classical instruments. Here’s a banjo and a string section. His new album is called The Jessamine County Book Of The Living. Matt Bauer dips into the hauntedness of things, so a “Blacklight Horse” is probably not a purple glowing stallion at a rave. That’s Jolie Holland singing with him on this song. Want to see the video?

Matt Bauer “Blacklight Horses”

Bauer plays Friday and Saturday in Los Angeles. 06.24.11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Tommy’s House (pop-up loft show) w/ Dana Falconberry & 06.25.11 – Los Angeles, CA @ house show w/ Dana Falconberry

—Daiana Feuer