Feast of the Hunters' Moon

Black Prairie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugar Hill Records
• ASIN: B0037EDINM
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,603 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Sugar Hill Records is proud to announce the upcoming release of Feast of the Hunters' Moon, the debut album from Portland, Oregon-based Black Prairie. Featuring three-fifths of The Decemberists and two of the city's finest folk stylists, the heavily acoustic debut was produced by Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, Death Cab for Cutie) and embodies the rich sonic landscape of the Portland music scene while integrating the diverse backgrounds of its members. As described by dobroist Chris Funk, the band's sound "bridges the music of Clarence White and Ennio Morricone" in a way that defies genre characterization.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic, Unique, Defies Categorization, July 25, 2010

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M. Marlene Smith "tiger lily" (somewhere, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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I bought this cd for the song "Red Rocking Chair", which I heard one night on the Folk Music Show on a local radio station. It was so powerful, haunting and gorgeous that I couldn't imagine living another day without it in my cd collection. The vocal prowess of the female singer is a force to reckoned with.

The rest of the songs are a curious mix of bluegrass, country and folk and some are imbued with a distinct Bavarian sound. I appreciate that no two songs sound alike; no repetitive monotony here. The mood switches from haunting to melancholy to lively to tap-your-toes with each song. Forgive me for my inability to write a proper review of this intriguing new music - I seldom write music reviews and am not an expert. But I know what I like when I hear it, and I like this a LOT.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Speaks to the soul, September 14, 2010

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nehaleminthesun (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

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I am LOVING this new CD from 3 Decemberists plus some talented musicians new to me. These are high quality instrumentalists, some of whom feel almost classical on this album, in a blue-grassy way. They've written some lovely, haunting music. Atmospheric. Some of it sultry. Some of it upbeat. There is a wide variety of "types" of music here, so it is hard to describe. It is soothing and energizing at the same time. I just listened to the CD, perhaps the third time I've heard it full through, on a drive through the desert. Wow. Wow, wow, wow. It was perfect.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pleasantly surprised, May 30, 2010

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M. Mckay "mikey" (States) - See all my reviews
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Knowing nothing of this group, I bought this album after listening to the samples right here at Amazon.com. $5 later, I own an album that captured me. If I had to make a generalized statement to describe this ablum... this is it: This album could easily be a soudtrack to a modern version of an old west movie. The music is a blue grass, slowed to a 50's jazz pace with a traditional music feel without leaving the dirty side of life the old west had to offer. (i may have stumbled)