Pharis & Jason Romero – These Are The Days That Turn In To Years

Description

With Pharis’ love of storytelling as a base for the duo’s artistic connection, the songs are lush and saturated with their lives: incidental touring, raising two kids, making banjos, and playing this music because they must. The songs are created as much from ideas – from being on the tops of mountains and phone calls with aging loved ones to insomnia, meditation and family feuds – as they are from the joy of playing and recording with a stellar band: fiddle, bass, piano, and percussion. Two people in the thick of their lives, reveling in the music, words, and community.
– 4 Juno awards; 7 Canadian Folk Music Awards
– Last release on Smithsonian Folkways
– “sublime folk songs… whose gentle and nuanced approach to playing and singing imbues the whole project with a dimly lit feel and a tenderness that’s missing from so many recordings these days.” Bandcamp, Best Country of 2022
– “It’s as if I’m sitting right next to them soaking in every swell of emotion they infuse into their music. The record eloquently demonstrates how old-time stringband music is very much a living, breathing art form.” Folk Alley, Best of 2022
– “masters of their arena at work and play… further reinforcing their position within the upper echelons of the global folk community.” Folk Radio UK
– “to call “Bet on Love” anything other than masterful would be a disservice.” – American Songwriter
– “Few people can really steep themselves so much in their art, and it makes Pharis
and Jason Romero’s accomplishments on this album all the more impressive.” – No Depression
– “Sung with sublime vocal harmonies that blend and intertwine effortlessly.” – NPR Music
– “For old time country all roads lead to Romero.” – Songlines