Sierra Ferrell talks about how to bust
Interview conducted at Nelsonville Music Fest, Nelsonville, OH, USA, on June 7, 2019
by Dan Locke
Wicked and wild, her sirens call an oil spill, floating atop thee languid waves of torment, a nanny-nanny-bew-bew to the ocean beneath, she caresses thee buoying masses, holding them aloft with thee effortless grace of a branch-bearing dove. Born from the dark, rich soil of West Virginia, raised in the clear, hop-scented country air, Sierra Ferrell cut her teeth on the rail lines, truck stops, street corners, and dingy, dimly lit listening rooms all across the land, belting out her old-time melodies, a sorcery, drawing her patrons, ever more deeply, into her animated tapestry of forlorn, star-crossed love, of longing, poverty, of suffering and triumph, encompassing that irreconcilable thrum of the human spirit and all the complexities of emotion that come with it.
We meet Sierra Ferrell at the media cabin and talked about a lot of things. Here is a short list of what we talked about.
How she incorporate the music of her home state of WV into her music.
How to hop a freight train and become a traveler.
Collecting bones.
Mistakes John Denver made in his music.
Seattle
What is Busting
Nashville
Opium Epidemic
