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You've Been a Friend to Me

by Sonya Cohen Cramer

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  • Streaming + Download

    Pre-order of You've Been a Friend to Me. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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    releases May 17, 2024

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Full length CD, wallet style digipak w/ 44 page booklet. All US orders will be shipped USPS media mail. Image is a mock-up.

    Includes digital pre-order of You've Been a Friend to Me. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    shipping out on or around May 17, 2024
    Purchasable with gift card

      $16.98 USD or more 

     

1.
Oh, Blue
2.
A Squirrel Is a Pretty Thing
3.
When I Was Most Beautiful
4.
Hide and Seek
5.
In the Pines
6.
Louis Collins / Spike Driver Blues
7.
All for You
8.
You've Been a Friend to Me 03:24
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9.
Black Jack Davey
10.
No Place to Fall
11.
Oh the Wind and Rain 03:32
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12.
The Blacksmith
13.
Singing My Troubles Away
14.
Lowlands
15.
The Blackest Crow
16.
Sidewalk Wildflower
17.
A Life That's Good

about

Sonya Cohen Cramer (1965–2015) was raised in a family committed to revitalizing the oldest songs of the American musical canon. Like her father John Cohen of The New Lost City Ramblers, Sonya shared a belief in the transformative qualities of folk songs and traditional ballads. You’ve Been a Friend to Me is the first collection featuring Sonya’s singing, and it reveals the full arc of her musical life through collaborations with her aunt Peggy Seeger, uncle Pete Seeger, Elizabeth Mitchell, Daniel Littleton, and the folk-fusion group Last Forever. While shaped by the roots of her family tree, the radiating and clear sound of Sonya’s voice is distinctly her own. 

credits

releases May 17, 2024

Reid Cramer - Producer
Dick Connette - Producer
Elizabeth Mitchell - Producer
Daniel Littleton - Producer
Oscar Zambrano at Zampol Productions, NYC - Mastering Engineer
Carla Borden - Liner Notes Editor
Visual Dialogue - Designer

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