Last week I saw Un Prophète (A Prophet). One song on the soundtrack really grabbed me: Corner of My Room. I was sure that it was by Bob Dylan, circa Highway 61 Revisited. It turns out the song is by Turner Cody. The rest of his stuff is different, but for that one song he was definitely, purposely channeling young Dylan.
A few weeks ago, I saw a YouTube video by way of a Firedoglake After Hours post. It featured a living room jam by bluegrass prodigy Sarah Jarosz and friends. The song was Look at Miss Ohio, with bare-bones lyrics that sounded like a decades-old classic. Fooled again! I tracked down the original, by Gillian Welch, and saw that it came out in 2003. (It’s been covered a lot since then, so I guess I’m not alone in considering it an instant classic.) I bought it together with Corner of My Room from iTunes. I haven’t gotten anything by Jarosz yet, but I am sure I will eventually.
