J Hardin (album release)
with Liza Day, Hayward Williams
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Saturday, Aug. 20, Crescendo Espresso Bar, 8 pm
The Piasa Bird is the name of J. Hardin’s aching, polished new record. A mythical creature feared and propagated by the Illini Indians centuries ago, the paisa (PIE-a-saw) was a lion-sized, vicious, human-eating bird that flew the updrafts of the Mississippi River bluffs where it dwelled. Hardin comes from that place and seemingly from that time, too, because he’s created an album of songs that have all of the mystique of its namesake. He is an ardent songwriter who will definitely go places with this remarkable recording, which combines the pioneer instincts of Levon Helm with the rapture and intelligence of Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
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