Hadestown by Anais Mitchell - "Why We Build The Wall" and "Our Lady of the Underground"

Hadestown: A folk opera retelling of the story of Orpheous journey to the underworld to save his wife Eurydice, in the setting of a post-apocalyptic depression era America.

Rich with archetypal images and elements, and in the context of the current global economic problems (even though it was written years before the Sept 08 banking crisis), it is more Americana than Greek tragedy, although it closely follows this Orpheous story version.

The arrangements, the lyrical story creation, and the players, including Greg Brown as Hades in "Why We Build..." and Ani DiFranco as Persephone in Our Lady of the..." are robust, masterful and immaculate. This recording is destined to be considered a Masterpiece amongst musicians and listeners alike.

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[drummojg]

Greg Brown does not speak or sing--he wonderfully rumbles.

[rokcler]

Here because of Michael Swaim. Will continue to listen because the album is excellent

[roylopear]

This song makes me think of the wall in Israel, and the wall on the Mexican border, and the wall in our minds that makes us not give people rides in our cars, and stops us from helping other people who need help.

[NTarant1]

@silverbullit733

heres an unveiled attack on israel

your country is a shitty expansionist shithole which feels it needs to control every territory on earth either through military force or lobbying in countries they cant fight.

[cw71017]

I'm glad one of those songs in that article was good.

Well I say good, when i actually mean 'OMGHOLYFUCKTHISISAWESOMEOMG!'­.

[MerlinAmbrosius17]

@drummojg

You take a really boring book like Melville's Moby Dick have Greg Brown read and it would be the most interesting thing in the Universe! Great voice!

[lucasprom]

@spectreofathens I hear some woman out there married a wall somewhere,so why not?

[lucasprom]

@rokcler Undoubtably the best thing cracked ever led me to.

[idioticscheme666]

Cracked cracked me here.

[ColorfulHyena]

@sweatyshorts

Not once did I say that I liked Maroon 5, I just said the cover reminded me of that "Songs About Jane" album cover they did. But personally, I find Maroon 5 bearable but not particularly amazing. Just thought I'd let you know.

[FloydIV]

I can't believe Cracked brought me here @_@ This is AMAZING

[sweatyshorts]

@ColorfulHyena *curmudgeony old guy voice* BLEH! TAKE YER MAROON 5 AND SHOVE IT! THIS IS REAL MUSIC! I'M NOT BITTER DON'T YOU CALL ME BITTER!