Josephine Foster - Hazel Eyes I Will Lead You

Released in 2004, this is the record where Josephine Foster fully stepped into her own strange and spellbinding world. Drawing on Appalachian folk, early blues and pre-war parlour music, Foster delivers songs that feel untethered from time, guided by her tremulous, expressive voice and sparse, intimate arrangements. Acoustic guitar, organ and ghostly harmonies drift in and out, never crowding the emotional core. Often overlooked on release, it stands as one of the most distinctive folk records of the 2000s: deeply personal, slightly uncanny and entirely absorbing.