Rolling Golden Holy

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THE AMERICAN TRIO’S SECOND ALBUMA FOLK MUSIC ALBUM AT THE FOREFRONT, BRIDGING TRADITION AND MODERNITYWhen Anaïs Mitchell, Josh Kaufman, and Eric D. Johnson first came together as Bonny Light Horseman in 2018, each already had a flourishing career of their own. The group offered a very rare opportunity: to learn something new with new friends. Their eponymous debut album, released in 2020, is a modern folk masterclass in which the trio reinvents old transatlantic standards with effortless grace and endless wonder. These Grammy-nominated recordings marked the arrival of a trio capable of broadly reorienting the folk landscape. Rolling Golden Holy pushes the idea of an ephemeral supergroup or a one-off diversion with supernatural beauty, charm, and imagination. These 11 songs—all original, written and performed by the trio—follow the paths of the traditional tunes the group cherishes, leading them to new musical and lyrical frontiers, and giving the sounds the gravity and form of today.Rolling Golden Holy confirms that Bonny Light Horseman is not a project but a band working at the forefront of modern American folk. The trio asks—and, with each track, answers—an essential question: where does traditional folk music end and modern folk music begin? These songs suggest and embody an unspoken continuum. While their first album featured many guests, here they deepen their collaboration with JT Bates on drums and Mike Lewis on bass and saxophone. This is Bonny Light Horseman in all its glory as a full-fledged band. It’s a network of collaborations, created to share, learn, take risks, sing, and play together. It’s not just a sum of fractions. Rolling Golden Holy is the band's testament to interdependence, partnership, and trust at a time when we yearn so much for such relationships. Mitchell, Kaufman, and Johnson fully appreciate what they’ve found in each other, and on Rolling Golden Holy, the listener lives through that magic.