“Hushed, atmospheric alt-country from three siblings and a family friend, making space sound like devotion since 1985.”
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Curatorial notes
Formed by three siblings and a family friend in Toronto in 1985, Cowboy Junkies pioneered a brand of hushed, atmospheric alt-country that made space sound like devotion. Their landmark The Trinity Session (1988) — recorded in a single day with one Calrec ambisonic microphone in the Church of the Holy Trinity — remains a touchstone of slowcore minimalism, its haunting cover of Lou Reed's 'Sweet...
