Sad Song for Winter

Paul Martin notes that about half of the songs are geared mostly to the vocals, with the second and third songs, “The Grail” and “Sad Song for Winter” being particular favorites of mine.  Lisa Bankoff handles solo vocals on the latter song.  On the other songs, the band is highlighted more strongly, with the closing song “Peru” sounding especially good to these ears.  Of these songs, Martin says:  “The band dominated numbers can best be described as Fairport Convention meets Little Feat as they have a blend of blues-funk and folk rock in them.” 

Lisa Bankoff of Chimera was quoted on one Internet blog as saying that Mal Luker is their record producer; Luker also plays guitar and keyboards on “Sad Song for Winter”. 

(November 2013)