Singer-Songwriter Nanci Griffith’s Legacy Celebrated With Two New Releases
Nanci Griffith
The legacy and 70th birthday of the late Texas singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith will be honored through two new special collections arriving in September.
The first collection, titled Working in Corners, reissues Griffith’s earliest—and long out-of-print—albums, including her 1978 debut, There’s a Light Beyond These Woods, 1982’s Poet in My Window, 1984’s Once in a Very Blue Moon and 1986’s Grammy-nominated The Last of the True Believers (featuring “Love at the Five and Dime” and “Goin’ Gone”).
Set for release on Sept. 8 via Craft Recordings, the collection also features rare photos and ephemera and liner notes by Holly Gleason and producer Jim Rooney, who worked closely with Griffith during the period. Rooney, who co-produced the box set, also weaves in memories from a myriad of Griffith’s friends, peers, and collaborators. Working in Corners will be available as four-CD and four-LP vinyl box sets, while There’s a Light Beyond These Woods, Poet in My Window and Once in a Very Blue Moon will make their long-awaited return to digital platforms.
Griffith’s music will also be celebrated through an all-star tribute, More Than a Whisper: Celebrating The Music of Nanci Griffith. Arriving Sept. 22 via Rounder Records on vinyl, CD and digitally, the album features Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett, Kathy Mattea, Shawn Colvin, John Prine, Kelsey Waldon, Sarah Jarosz, Steve Earle and Mary Gauthier interpreting Griffith’s most-beloved songs.
Recorded over several years, More Than a Whisper also includes stirring contributions from Brandy Clark, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Iris DeMent, Todd Snider and Aaron Lee Tasjan, while Ida Mae and The War and Treaty both appear exclusively on the expanded CD, digital and HD versions of the album. All proceeds from More Than a Whisper will benefit Nashville’s Cumberland Heights, a non-profit treatment facility offering hope and healing to those affected by drug and alcohol addiction.
