On God's Rocky Shore by Cahalen West & Eli West

Cahalen West & Eli West are a couple of young guys from Seattle in the USA and they made a great album called The Holy Coming of the Storm.  On God's Rocky Shore is the second track on the album and, as it contains the words of the title in the chorus, I suppose it is the title track.  The whole album is exceptional, a quiet and considered collection of quality tunes and songs, but I think On God's Rocky Shore  is excellent.

The song is under 3 minutes but is a sublime mix of soulful vocal harmonies and old-timey instrumentation [including banjo clicks].  The resulting combination of a sparce and skilled musical setting and biblical and folky lyrics easily exceeds the components.  The song bounces along on waves of "proper" musicianship and playing, each part both balanced and complimented by all the others.

It's old fashioned music, it's rural music, it's important music.  It is a recent favourite but one due to last. 
It is beauty and truth.

The boys will be here soon - they play at the Crofthead Concerts on 19th November - catch them if you can.

Here's their website: http://cahalenandeli.com/

Here's our website at Crofthead Concerts: http://www.croftheadconcerts.co.uk/


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