Seasonal Hire

Seasonal Hire is the second collaboration between guitarist/singer/songwriter and Kurt Vile collaborator Steve Gunn and Virginia old-time band the Black Twig Pickers. They create dronefolk that’s heavy on high-lonesome ambience yet deeply rooted in regional tradition.

Virginia natives, plus a hired Gunn, mine the bluegrass tradition but get tantalisingly confused about it along the way.

Despite the billing, Seasonal Hire seems to reference guitarist Steve Gunn hanging his shingle on a Black Twig Pickers recording more than the other way around.

If Steve Gunn hadn't made this record with the Black Twig Pickers, the Brooklyn virtuoso may just have been forever compared to fellow John...

Music Album Review: Steve Gunn And The Black Twig Pickers - 'Seasonal Hire'.