Wild Carrot’s fifth release, Between the Darkness & the Light, captures Pam Temple & Spencer Funk in the studio delivering the organic, honest Folk & Americana songwriting that have won them fans & awards over their 18 years making a living in the arts. It features a dozen tunes, nine of which are original compositions, filed with caught-in-the-moment characters & musings on themes of love, loss, & a spoon (really): “Pancake Breakfast” was inspired by a piece on NPR's "This I Believe." "The Robin's Song", won a Mother's Day songwriting contest, although Temple is not a mother. And "Now I Fly" is the hopeful processing of personal tragedy. Their excellent taste in musical influences is evident on a haunting rendition of Kevin Welch’s “Flycatcher Jack & the Whippoorwill’s Song,” a carrotized version of Emmylou Harris’ “Red Dirt Girl,” & Temple on dulcimer covering Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You.” Folk, Americana music listeners will find some new songs to love here.
Wild Carrot’s fifth release, Between the Darkness & the Light, captures Pam Temple & Spencer Funk in the studio delivering the organic, honest Folk & Americana songwriting that have won them fans & awards over their 18 years making a living in the arts. It features a dozen tunes, nine of which are original compositions, filed with caught-in-the-moment characters & musings on themes of love, loss, & a spoon (really): “Pancake Breakfast” was inspired by a piece on NPR's "This I Believe." "The Robin's Song", won a Mother's Day songwriting contest, although Temple is not a mother. And "Now I Fly" is the hopeful processing of personal tragedy. Their excellent taste in musical influences is evident on a haunting rendition of Kevin Welch’s “Flycatcher Jack & the Whippoorwill’s Song,” a carrotized version of Emmylou Harris’ “Red Dirt Girl,” & Temple on dulcimer covering Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You.” Folk, Americana music listeners will find some new songs to love here.