By Blood TSOV-248.5 it was later recreated and

it was later recreated and extended with visual artist van den Dorpel into a 15-minute online-only audiovisual work - known simply as Lexachast

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It derives it's name from the characteristic "Blue Notes" of Jazz and the Blues

I count myself exceptionally fortunate to have been able to call on so many fine musicians in the making of this album

By Blood TSOV-248.5 it was later recreated andVinyl LP pressing. Shovels & Rope is one of the hardest working bands out there today. Throughout their career, Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent have constantly been touring, and all the while they've made music wherever they can, and recently they've taken on two giant new challenges; raising a (growing) family, and helming a successful music festival, Charleston's High Water Festival. Their new album By Blood is a gritty, powerful look into their