Last week I featured a song from Rosanne Cash’s new CD, The River & The Thread; much of the music was inspired by a trip she took back to the South to explore her family roots. She’s far from the only musician to be inspired to write songs by travelling along the Mississippi River.
In 2012, Alyssa and Doug Graham wrote Riverman’s Daughter from their home in New York City. The song triggered an idea that led to several months of exploring the Mississippi Valley from Minnesota to Louisiana. Near the end of their trip, they settled down for a while in a houseboat in a Louisiana swamp where they wrote a bunch of songs. The result is a fine CD, also called Riverman’s Daughter, that showcases the duos storytelling skills, Alyssa’s beautiful voice, and their fondness for music that fuses traditional country, bluegrass, and folk.
Listen to more Songs here.
