Des Moines Like Freshly Mown Grass
Like Freshly Mown Grass” by Italian singer-songwriter Simone Romei aka Des Moines is one of my favorite records in 2018. A wonderful album, filled with the most beautiful and saddest folk songs and superb solo acoustic guitar instrumentals.
The whole album is a homage to Romei’s father, as you can tell by the artwork and the videos. Latter were cut from old super-8 footage, shot by his old man and his friends in the late sixties in an Italian small town.
As premiere, you can watch the video to “Wood Gathering” here, along with a few more.
Beside the beautiful melodies and Romei’s soft voice, the string arrangements and the use of tambura and shruti box are adding a great deal to the magic of this album.
This record is highly recommended, and yes, I’m biased, because Simone Romei is a good friend who contributed some nice interviews to the blog.
