New Cover : Castanets : Weary Blues From Waiting (orig. by Hank Williams)

Not long after a tour with/and mostly due to the prompting of Michael Gira, Asthmatic Kitty artist Ray Raposa, also known as Castanets, recorded a series of seven Hank Williams covers in 2008. Ray was living with his friend, Nathan, for a few months, when he decided to go ahead with the idea..."We did this record kinda haphazard and casual around the house during a long stretch of rain in February. We set up semi-circle in the living room, and a lot of the band stuff on it ended up being more ...

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