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Halcyon Days

by Kevin Farge

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Endlessness 04:01
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Ashera 02:48
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Exit Wound 03:45
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Toreador 04:12
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The tropical dry season is descending on Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the northwest coast of the country. The lush tall grasses wither and turn golden. The trade winds off of Lake Nicaragua blow relentlessly over the mountain valleys, sweeping all moisture away with them over the Pacific Ocean. The winds continue their dance over water smoothed into sheets of turquoise glass. The halcyon bird makes its nest at sea. Nectar is high in the red hibiscus flowers along the walkways and in the orange blossoms of stately trees. Surfers play in the light blue shallows.

The sun’s hibernal rays of vacant fecundity stretch out over the goddess’s hips, in no hurry— these halcyon days extend into weeks, months. Time ceases to take on any meaning. Every day, the winds blow strong and cool, waves wrap around the corners of coves, and the gold grasses stay to sway in the wind. Mythic beasts come marching across the sky, the constellations, where they do battle in the night sky— harmless, a memory. It’s a time to measure one’s old wounds, to better oneself, to set new challenges for oneself. The dry season ends in May, when Taurus, that bull of heaven, comes marching across the sky, bringing storms and the beginning of the rainy season.

On Halcyon Days, Kevin Farge serves up a slice of Central Americana. Hailing from the Gulf Coast of Texas and residing in Costa Rica, Farge sounds a bit like Paul Simon or Leonard Cohen in his devotion to soft pet sounds, Moondog on the melodica, and the wide-eyed tropicália of Os Mutantes. The album is also funny. It and it’s sister album, instrumentals called Low Tide, are both available on shades of clear vinyl from Very Jazzed in limited editions of 300 copies.

credits

released April 22, 2022

Songs by Kevin Farge, BMI
Recorded January 2020 - May 2021
Assembled in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Mastered by Paul Oldham

Kevin Farge - vocals, acoustic guitar, melodica,
piano, bass, percussion
Isabel Castellvi - cello
John Britton - trumpet
Ben Britton - saxophone
Juan Correa - electric guitar, melodica (on first half of Toreador)

Cover photo by Catherine Tremblay
Back cover photo by Kevin Farge
Design by Kevin Farge

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Kevin Farge Costa Rica

Singer-songwriter, poet, and artist who was born in Houston, Texas, and moved to his stepmother's native Costa Rica at age eight, where he learned to speak Spanish and surf. The family eventually settled down back in Houston. Farge has spent the past several years living in the same small beach town in Costa Rica that he visited as a child. ... more

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