The Staves are featured on the latest episode of NPR's All Songs Considered, titled "Nine Creative Musicians You Should Know." The episode centers on songs that suggest "a means of making magic out of circumstance," starting with The Staves' "No Me, No You, No More," off their new Justin Vernon-produced album, If I Was. It's "a rich, compelling folk song heavy with longing but buoyed by the trio's sweet, high harmonies," says the show. "The song is a testament to letting go of expectation in the midst of creation, to finding the way forward on a road no one expected to travel." The Staves perform at Rough Trade in Brooklyn next Monday, May 11, and at Vernon's Eaux Claires festival in July.
The Staves, who made their Nonesuch debut with the recent US release of their album If I Was, are featured on the latest episode of NPR's All Songs Considered podcast. The episode, titled "Nine Creative Musicians You Should Know," centers on songs that suggest "a means of making magic out of circumstance," starting with hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton discussing The Staves' "No Me, No You, No More." The song is on the new album, which the three Staveley-Taylor sisters, originally from Watford, England, recorded at producer Justin Vernon's studio near Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
"No Me, No You, No More" is "a rich, compelling folk song heavy with longing but buoyed by the trio's sweet, high harmonies," says the show. "The song is a testament to letting go of expectation in the midst of creation, to finding the way forward on a road no one expected to travel."
Hear the song and the story behind the recording on All Songs Considered at npr.org.
The Staves, currently on tour in Europe, perform at Rough Trade in Brooklyn next Monday, May 11, and will perform at Vernon's Eaux Claires festival in July. For details, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
To pick up a copy of If I Was in the US, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout.
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