While Millsap can feel deeply discouraged by the way things are going wrong in the world, especially with the climate crisis, Wilderness Within You is threaded with hope and thankfulness for all we do have. In a broader sense, Wilderness Within You poses many weighty questions without easy answers. The track illustrates Millsap’s understanding of nature as something that humans are not separate from - that life is stunningly beautiful most of the time, but does contain streaks of darkness that are just as natural: “There’s a field that’s full of violets, there’s a bruise that’s purple brown / There’s a little bit of violence, and a lot of fertile ground.” The second half of Wilderness turns darker and moodier with the industrial, buzz-saw “Half a World Away,” which finds Millsap questioning “who murders for my meat? who gets it here from there?” At the other end of the sonic spectrum is the beautiful, roots-y title track, a duet with the legendary Gillian Welch. Beyond the opening “Greetings and Thanks,” which puts to music “The Thanksgiving Address” of the indigenous peoples of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy - all proceeds from the song will be donated to the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force - the album continues on with a series of auditory landscapes and thoughtful insights including “Running on Time,” which contrasts a sweet message about patience with distorted electronic harmonies. They’ll also spot the evolution towards more experimentation and sampling from other musical cultures. Long-time fans will recognize the album’s foundations – acoustic instrumentation and solid songwriting centered around Millsap’s show-stopping voice. Above all, Wilderness Within You is an understanding of darkness while expressing an abundance of gratitude for life itself.īorn and raised in Purcell, Okla., a tiny town with a huge sky, Millsap learned early on how to express gratitude through song while playing gospel in the church band. The result is a study in contrasts: the personal versus the cosmic, sparse acoustic compositions sitting next to lush psychedelic improvisations. On his sixth album Wilderness Within You, acclaimed singer/songwriter Parker Millsap explores this flux between the here and now and the big BIG picture, while reckoning with questions about humanity’s place on this planet. Zooming out to a geological timeline, maybe not much has changed at all. It’s been a time of intense, worldwide change over the past few years… or maybe it all depends on scale. Just The Two Of Us: The Duets Collection (Volume One) So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously Random Access Memories: 10th Anniversary Edition Ĭould Have Done Anything LOVE AGAIN (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) Bob Marley - Tuff Gong Jamaica Pressings.The Cactus offers a full-service bar and coffee. Today the Cactus Cafe remains essential to Austin’s eclectic live music scene and the venue is frequented by singers, songwriters, and music lovers from all over the world. Singer Songwriter Alejandro Rose-Garcia (Shakey Graves) likens it to “a glorified living room with a bar in it”. The Cactus is an intimate venue that blurs the line between artist and audience. Alison Krauss, the Dixie Chicks, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, Shawn Colvin, Townes Van Zandt, Loudon Wainwright III, Guy Clark, Butch Hancock, Lucinda Williams, Nickel Creek have all graced the stage.īillboard Magazine named The Cactus Cafe as one of fifteen “solidly respected, savvy clubs” in the United States, “from which careers can be cut, that work with proven names and new faces”. Since it opened in 1979, The Cactus has played host to a who’s who of musical greats. The Cactus Cafe, located on UT’s West Campus, is recognised nationally as a unique and influential Austin live music venue.
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