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SETH AVETT and JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD – ” Between The Bars ” Elliott Smith Cover

Posted: April 11, 2015 in MUSIC
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Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield performing Elliott Smith’s “Between The Bars” live in the KEXP studio. Recorded March 26th, 2015. Go behind-the-scenes with Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield as they record this upcoming new record, set for release on 17th March-15 on Ramseur Records.

Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers and singer-songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield. The two have run into each other on the road for years, and developed a friendship based on many things, including their mutual fondness for the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. Smith died in 2003 at age 34, leaving five albums and the posthumous album release “From A Basement On A Hill”.

Finally, after years of planning comes a collection of covers called Seth Avett And Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith. On this episode of World Cafe, they perform an assortment of Smith and Smith-adjacent songs.

Tracklist:
1. Between the Bars
2. Baby Britain
3. Fond Farewell
4. Somebody That I Used to Know
5. Let’s Get Lost
6. Twilight
7. Ballad of Big Nothing
8. Angel in the snow
9. Pitseleh
10. Angeles
11. Roman Candle
12. Memory Lane

SETH AVETT and JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD – ” Sings Elliot Smith “

Posted: March 17, 2015 in MUSIC
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Elliott Smith’s all-too-brief career inspired a generation of artists taken by his piercing lyrics and delicate melodies. On this loving, hit-or-miss tribute, Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield draw largely from Smith’s 1997 breakthrough, Either/Or, and his posthumous work. Mayfield provides the highlights with her grunge rendition of “Roman Candle” and her elegant take on “Twilight.” But the real revelation is how well such deeply personal material lends itself to interpretation. You’re left marveling less at these adequate covers and more at Smith’s foolproof songbook.

Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield
Elliot Smith released five albums in his lifetime and died in 2003 from two stab wounds to the chest; he’d left a suicide note. His songs, which often dealt with depression and desperation, were beautiful and frequently quiet.

This album, by Jessica Lea Mayfield and The Avett Brothers‘ Seth Avett, was made over a four-year period with great love for the man and his songs. The production is lean, the harmonies are beautiful, and the words and melodies are kept at the center of all 12 songs. Hear “Somebody That I Used To Know”