Joan Shelley - Rivers and Vessels - New Lp 2019 No Quarter RSD Exclusive Release - Folk / Covers

After eighteen months of touring, Joan Shelley intended to take a few months o last winter - but when Mojo Magazine asked her to tackle a Nick Drake song for a tribute they were assembling, she could not say no. That exercise spurred some ideas and proved to be the impetus for Rivers and Vessels, a collection of covers which leads o with the Drake tune, and includes renditions of songs by JJ Cale, Dolly Parton, Connie Converse and more.Shelley had been looking for an opportunity to raise some money and awareness for the Kentucky Waterways Alliance (KWA), a local organization whose focus is on protecting the rivers, lakes and streams of Kentucky from pollution, and building a sustainable water network for the state. So the collection was released digitally only in March of 2018 with 100% of the on Bandcamp going to KWA. This here is the first and only physical pressing of the record, and it is limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.The the songs were recorded in Louisville at La La Land Studios with Anne Gauthier engineering, and backing band of Kentucky musicians with guest appearances from Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Nathan Salsburg, Daniel Martin Moore, Julia Purcell and Doug Paisley.