Connie Converse was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished (bbc.com)
60 points by mellosouls 3 days ago
Teever 5 hours ago
Roving Woman is my favourite song of hers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAfUXna0N-4
This cover is pretty spectacular:
js2 5 hours ago
It's the first song mentioned in the article, but oddly no link to a performance. There's links to two other of her songs. The cover is lovely, as is the rest of that artist's music.
Gosh, "Talkin' Like You (Two Tall Mountains)" is heartbreaking:
slibhb 4 hours ago
Talkin' Like You is incredible
dn3500 an hour ago
I knew her in Ann Arbor. By then she had stopped performing but I heard her play a couple of times at my uncle's house. I now wish I'd paid closer attention, I was just a stupid teenager at the time.
mellosouls 3 days ago
Pitchfork review from last year:
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/connie-converse-how-sad...
comrade1234 5 hours ago
Lots of stories like this. My favorite is Judee Sill - disappeared, died of an OD pretty much penniless. Music ahead of its time with layered recordings, rediscovered decades later...
Blackthorn 2 hours ago
My favorite is, fortunately, a lot less depressing. Sinead Lohan, right on the cusp of making it big, touring with some of the biggest names in folk at the time. Realized she didn't like the music industry so she stopped and retired right then and there. I have no doubt she'd be a legendary folk name if she continued. Whatever It Takes is my favorite song by her.