Ask the Night

VINYL FORMAT. Orenda Fink - half of the acclaimed duo Azure Ray - has stayed busy sculpting a diverse and heralded career on her own since Azure Ray released their last album in 2003. The songs on Ask the Night vary in tone and style, often defying simple categorization. Subtle genre hints emerge such as old-time waltz ("Sister"), country ("Alabama"), folk ("The Garden") and haunting bluegrass ("High Ground"), while the instrumentation includes acoustic and slide guitar, mandolin, banjo, accordion, violin, upright bass, pump organ...even saw. From the plaintive, melancholy opener "Why is the Night Sad" to the evocative "That Certain-Something Spring" to the sweetly doleful closer "The Moon Knows," Ask the Night is a true collection of folk music, translated through Orenda's unique perspective, woven and intertwined by her distinctive, heart-rending vocals.