Here's the third matchup of the first round:
Augie March - Sunset Studies
It's Chamber Folk/ Indie Folk. An Australian band, this was their debut, and had some cracking tracks.
https://open.spotify.com/album/7tEwWmdqrQk7LcOeWKzvt7?si=WSkEmwMOQxWVjVerv1jsBQ
vs.
Eiza Gilkyson - Secularia
Gilkyson is an American folk artist based out of Austin, Texas. Secularia, her most recent LP, contains her musical musings on spirituality vs. religion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zMWd2Jbjz8&list=OLAK5uy_mog-g6-TVTgSsfwxI6D68cHio8gQdrCxU
The album is also available on spotify.
The Gilkyson album is my entrant for the tournament. It came out in 2018. As it happens, I had a spurt that year of creating pages on Sputnik for respected folk artists with whom the Sput Users were completely unfamiliar. I found this album really purdy, and full of quiet explorations of spirituality. I entered it in the hopes of getting more Users to give it a listen. (My other possible choice was John Gorka's album True in Time, which came out the same year.)
I just learned that Gilkyson put out a new LP two weeks ago, called 2020. But apparently that one is all political and social justicey, and you guys know how I feel about that. So I'm comfortable sticking with Seculalria. We'll see how the other contestants like it.
