WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE – "FIELD SONGS"

"[Whitmore's] voice, an increasingly formidable piece of weaponry, reached its apparent apotheosis in 2009’s Animals In The Dark, an apocalyptically bluesy disc that transcends its workmanlike folk template. Field Songs dials back that massiveness: Accompanied by the chirping of crickets or birds, each song reins in Whitmore’s craggy, righteous howl, calming it with gentle strums and the weary plucking of acoustic guitar and banjo." – Jason Heller, AV Club

A Rock Garden Tour favorite, William Elliott Whitmore embodies everything rural and everything rock. He plants his roots on a horse farm in Lee County, Iowa, near the Mississippi River and has "developed an intense love and spiritual understanding of the land." Whitmore's latest record, FIeld Songs, is out today and you can watch him perform "Don't Need It" below.

– The Music Director