Adormidera - Josephine Foster Sings The Songs of Victor Herrero

Description

Josephine Foster is a singer, songwriter, and lyric poet born in Colorado. A former opera student turned experimental folk artist, she brings ancient forms back to life by transforming them. Her music evokes a strange and ghostly America, inspired in particular by the world of Harry Smith, while recreating an imaginary past of her own. For more than 25 years, she has explored a wide range of styles at the crossroads of psych-folk, country blues, lied, and avant-garde song, carried by her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice and her sense of interpretation. In tribute to her longtime collaborator, she invited Spanish composer Víctor Herrero to select some of her songs for her. Herrero’s classical guitar accompanies Foster’s airy voice in compositions that extend the legacy of artists such as Amancio Prada and Víctor Jara. According to Alex Neilson, Josephine Foster’s voice evokes a stained-glass window that would sing: delicate, luminous, and full of nuance. Her collaboration with Herrero creates intimate and contemplative music, offering refuge in the face of a troubling world. Adormidera is thus described as a hypnotic experience, where memory, shadow, and emotion converse.