Squirrel Flower Covers Emmylou Harris
Photo by Ally Schmaling A throwback to label samplers from the 90's, earlier this week Polyvinyl released Stay Home , a collection of unreleased music, demos, and covers from their artists. Particularly exciting to us is Squirrel Flower's cover of Emmylou Harris's song "Icy Blue Heart." I Was Born Swimming is my album of 2020 (so far), so any time we can get a new song so close to the release of my favorite album of the year, I'm going to be beyond excited. And for it to be a cover? Even better. "Icy Blue Heart" might be the best choice for Squirrel Flower to cover. Squirrel Flower specializes in a haunting version of Americana which has been Harris's specialty for decades. This is a dead on cover that adds just enough of the new artist to not be a carbon copy. It's virtually perfect. You can listen to Squirrel Flower's version of "Icy Blue Heart" below. The song is available now on Stay Home from Polyvinyl Records, and a...