We live in a perpetual state of war. It’s an obvious subject, yet a dangerous one. Every songwriter owes it to themselves to confront it, either allegorically or directly.
On his fifth album, Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, Corb Lund writes about warfare via something he knows about first hand: horses. It’s been almost a century since most of us pondered the cavalry’s integral role in military history. But as Lund points out on the globetrotting title track, you can still find traces of the cavalry in more contemporary conflicts, like the one going on today in Afghanistan.
Armed with plenty of books on military history throughout the ages—as well as some Gabriel Garcia Marquez and tales of the French foreign legion—Lund says he wanted to write about “timeless themes” rather than today’s headlines. “I tend to dig around for exotic detail,” he says. “Plus, I've never been much of an overtly political writer. I respect that form of art, and I do have very strong beliefs about th...
| Sat, Jul 04, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Stan Rogers Memorial Folk Festival Grounds | Canso, Canada |
| Sun, Jul 05, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Stan Rogers Memorial Folk Festival Grounds | Canso, Canada |
| Thu, Jul 09, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Le National | Montreal, Canada |
| Thu, Jul 23, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Meadow Village Pavilion | Big Sky, MT |
| Fri, Jul 24, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Machinery Row | Great Falls, MT |
| Sat, Jul 25, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Polebridge Stage | Polebridge, MT |
| Sat, Aug 01, 2009 | 7:00 PM | TBA | Marathon, Canada |
| Sun, Aug 09, 2009 | 8:00 PM | Victoria Park | Regina, Canada |
| Sat, Aug 15, 2009 | 6:00 PM | Havelock Country Jamboree-Main Stage | Havelock Belmont Methuen, Canada |
| Sun, Sep 13, 2009 | 7:00 PM | TBA | Vancouver, Canada |
| Wed, Sep 16, 2009 | 7:00 PM | TBA | Nashville, TN |
| Thu, Sep 17, 2009 | 7:00 PM | TBA | Nashville, TN |
| Thu, Sep 24, 2009 | 7:00 PM | McGonigel's Mucky Duck | Houston, TX |
| Fri, Sep 25, 2009 | 7:00 PM | The Fairmount | Fort Worth, TX |
| Sat, Sep 26, 2009 | 7:00 PM | TBA | Manchaca, TX |
| Sun, Sep 27, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Love & War In Texas | Plano, TX |
| Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | 7:00 PM | Threadgill's World Headquarters | Austin, TX |
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