The Angel's Message to Me

The Angel's Message To Me
Studio album by Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina
Released	18 March 2010 UK 6 May 2010 US
Recorded	2009
Genre	Ragtime Folk Blues
Length	39:57
Label	Capitan Damnably Jellyfant
Producer	Mark C. Geoff Farina
Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina chronology
The Angel's Message To Me (2010) The Boarder's Door (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Sunday Times	[1]
PopMatters	[2]

The Angel's Message To Me is the first studio album collaboration by Chris Brokaw and Geoff Farina as a duo. It was released on Damnably in the UK on March 18, 2010, ^[3] and on Capitan Records in the US on May 6, 2010. The album is a collection of covers of pre-WWII North American blues, folk and ragtime classics by the likes of Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Blake, The Kentucky Ramblers, and Leroy Carr.

The album was recorded by Live Skull guitarist Mark C at Deep Sea studio, in New York City, and Geoff Farina at Hev-E-Kreem, Somerville, MA, and was subsequently mastered at Peerless Mastering.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Angel's Message To Me"	Reverend Gary Davis	3:05
2.	"Ginseng Blues"	Kentucky Ramblers	3:38
3.	"Guitar Chimes"	Blind Arthur Blake	2:43
4.	"In The Evening"	Leroy Carr	4:09
5.	"Make Me A Pallet on Your Floor"	Traditional	3:15
6.	"Oh Death"	Traditional	4:20
7.	"Sitting on Top of the World"	Lonnie Chatmon / Walter Vinson	2:45
8.	"St. James Infirmary Blues"	Irving Mills	3:28
9.	"Stagger Lee"	Traditional	2.57
10.	"Poor Wayfaring Stranger"	Traditional	3.51
11.	"That'll Never Happen No More"	Blind Arthur Blake	2.57
12.	"Trouble in Mind"	Richard M. Jones	2.50

References

1. Lee, Stuart (March 14, 2010), The Sunday Times, United Kingdom: News International
2. Matther Fiander (15 September 2010). "Chris Brokaw and Geoff Farina: The Angel's Message to Me". PopMatters . Retrieved 2013-04-12.
3. Pitchfork News March 16, 2010

External links

• Chris Brokaw official site
• Geoff Farina official site Archived 2021-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Damnably.com