A Song That Will Linger is a 1989 album by Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin, the California-based duo who brought unusual depth of scholarship and vocal sensitivity to the old-time and bluegrass-adjacent repertoire. The album's inclusion of 'Shut Up in the Mines at Coal Creek' — a historical labor ballad about an 1891 Tennessee mining disaster — signals the pair's interest in material with documentary weight alongside more familiar mountain songs. Together they occupy a space between old-time revivalism and bluegrass, approaching traditional material with the care of musicians who have spent years understanding where the songs came from.
Tracklist
- 1 Red Rocking Chair 3:41
- 2 Hard Times / Dusty Miller 5:39
- 3 Paul And Silas 2:56
- 4 Those Two Blue Eyes 3:48
- 5 Will You Miss Me 4:53
- 6 Alabama Waltz / Wolves Howling 5:33
- 7 Love Farewell 3:04
- 8 The Lovers Return 4:18
- 9 Shut Up in the Mines at Coal Creek 3:04
- 10 The Orphan Child 4:03