..... the set finds Helm both affirming life and anticipating death. ....Much is raucous, though there are sombre ballads that look directly into the great unknown. The constant throughout is Helm’s subtly spectacular singing. When he was young, he sounded like a wise old man. Now he sounds like an oracle
Andrea Avery’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Visiting Composer
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"I had a lot of fun, while writing Visiting Composer, thinking not only
about how old music sounds to new ears, but how new music might sound to
old ears."
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