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Simple Song, from the new album, SAVING THE REPUBLIC, coming soon! 4:45
Apr 3, 2017 · Cornelius Gross Artist Mat Collishaw’s innovative body of work was a photographic record of the last meals of death row prisoners. Images for “Last Meal on Death Row” make great use of chiaroscuro, pools of soft…
Nov 16, 2020 · The Inspirations of Ernest Troost. By Terry Roland. Ernest Troost’s music is a perverse and diverse celebration of American folk music. . It’s a vibrant festival of tragedy and comedy, a wind-blown crossroads of American culture where Piedmont blues meets modern literature in the darkest of themes.
Oct 12, 2009 · ERNEST TROOST – RESURRECTION BLUES. CD Reviews. By Susie Glaze. 2009 Kerrville New Folk Winner Ernest Troost’s newest album, the aptly titled Resurrection Blues is a brilliant new piece of songwriting art.
In delicious contrast to the orchestral grandeur of his film compositions, the simply produced Resurrection Blues showcases Troost’s lyrical taste for earthy ramblers, gamblers and small-town dreamers, and dark story songs like “Sad Dog Blues” and “By and By.” Those striking murder tales are counterbalanced by the love jauntily ...
Final Exposure: Portraits from Death Row. The twenty-seven inmates I photographed act as a metaphor for our criminal justice system. The Final Exposure project actually started for me at about age 15 when I argued on the issues of the death penalty with my father.
Early review of Saving the Republic. ERNEST TROOST/Saving the Republic (Travelin Shoes 1005): Once again, Troost hits it out of the park and makes it look so simple. A multi-instrumentalist that can create a whole folkie milieu all on his own, the voice and the writing are always first rate.
