Sway Machinery: House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. 1

"JL: The 'ghosts' are supposed to be the spirits of ancestors I am invoking with my music. The hope is that I will be able to draw strength from them to create something new and beautiful. MR: Your debut album, Hidden Melodies Revealed, seemed more aligned with the Cantorial tradition than ... House Of Friendly Ghosts. Is this a natural evolution of the band's music or was it intentional? JL: I feel like it is a natural evolution. The new record continues to draw on Cantorial music: there are many musical allusions and borrowings from the tradition. ... And clearly, we followed even more intensely with the African inspiration which was already a major force in the music of The Sway Machinery. MR: A song like 'Skin To Skin' can be interpreted many ways, and with its world flavor, it seems to have global implications. Can you go into the story behind the song? JL: Any way you can interpret it would probably be at least partially right" (Mike Ragogna, "A Conversation with The Sway Machinery's Jeremiah Lockwood," Huffington Post, 3/9/11).
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