So Dark You See(2009) Red Horse(2010) Release date 13 October 2009 | ||
Released October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13) Similar Writing in the Margins, Old Futures Gone, The Company You Keep, After Yesterday, Out of the Valley | ||
So Dark You See is a 2009 studio album by folk singer-songwriter John Gorka. The album offers eight new examples of Gorka's own lyrical songwriting, two instrumental tracks, poetry of Robert Burns and William Stafford performed and set to music by Gorka, covers of songs by fellow folkies, Utah Phillips and Michael Smith, and Gorka's take on the blues standard, "Trouble in Mind".
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History
This was Gorka's eleventh studio album release in a career that has spanned over two decades. The album held the top position on the Folk Radio airplay chart for the months of September and October 2009. Folk Alley named "Ignorance & Privilege" as #6 on their list of The Top 10 Folk Songs of 2009.
Reception and commentary
Critical response was positive.
Personnel
Musicians
Production
Artwork
Songs
1A Fond Kiss3:37
2Whole Wide World2:54
3Can't Get Over It3:32