Donna the Buffalo is a group I am aware of but to the best of my knowledge I have never heard. Although I’ve heard good things and I suspect I’d be a fan if I had ever been exposed to them. So for me to say this is the new record from Donna The Buffalo frontwoman Tara Nevins means very little to me (and maybe less to you). But let’s see what happens when I drop the names Levon Helm, Allison Moorer and Jim Lauderdale. There…that’s better.
The new record is called Wood and Stone. It features mostly her original compositions and the guests mentioned above. In Donna the Buffalo Tara plays fiddle and occasional washboard so you can imagine the sound she and producer Larry Campbell have created on Wood and Stone.
“Snowbird” features all of the elements you’d expect from someone with Tara’s background; namely fiddle, guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, and beautiful vocals and harmony vocals with Jim Lauderdale.
PS The quite good music blog Hyperbolium has another song and a better writeup here.