Album Of The Day: Treasure Of The Broken Land: The Songs Of Mark Heard by Various Artists

The Songs Of Mark Heard album - A mixed-media piece, the back is a wall and some cardboard or paper of various colors, with a section marked off in the top right where the words 'Treasure of the Broken Land' is printed. Below that on the left side in a whiter space is 'The Songs of Mark Heard'. To the right of all this is a big illustration of a person's head in mostly gray, a grey-colored man with scraggly gray hair and a slightly shorter beard. The hair looks like it might be made of pieces of metal and maybe some bits of cloth or hair layered on top of the background, and the man has glasses on which look to be slightly above the face. Small bits of paper can be seen throughout the artwork. The man's shoulders can be seen covered with a coat, and the coat has a number of timepieces and keys on it.

Released 9 years ago today, this is the a tribute album of all Mark Heard covers by many well-known names in the Americana scene and other styles. Produced by Phil Madeira, this album honors the music of '70s and '80s songwriter and Producer Mark Heard, considered to be one of the best songwriters of Christian music. I was never really a huge fan of Heard's roots-y, folk-y rock style, but he was definitely a good songwriter. And this is definitely more country/Americana, which is not my favorite genre, but it is cool to hear younger artists and peers of Heard on the same album honoring his legacy. There's big names from Nashville and beyond like North Mississippi Allstars, Drew Holcomb, Sierra Hull, Lily & Madeline, and also older artists like Over The Rhine, Rodney Crowell and Buddy Miller also re-imagining the songs of Mark Heard. I like this album and it's got lots of songs by lots of artists, and it definitely makes me want to hear more of Mark Heard's music, which I'm not that familiar with yet.

Release Year: 2017
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