Various Artists - Grotto Sessions 2

LABELEALZ! Records

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Artists Various Artists
Release Date 04-11-2026
Cat. No. EALZ2003
Format LP Vinyl, 180g, Limited Edition, Gatefold Sleeve & 16-page French-English Booklet
Style Blues, Gospel, Soul, Folk

Grotto Sessions 2 continues the collaboration with the Music Maker Relief Foundation begun on the first volume in 2020. Clément, Raphaël and Simon revisit the foundation’s sound archives, creating new instrumental settings for voices drawn from the blues, gospel and rural traditions of the American South.

The selection includes The Goins, Rufus McKenzie, Pat ‘Mother Blues’ Cohen, Big Boy Henry, Neal Pattman, Cora Fluker, Essie Mae Brooks and Etta Baker. Their performances form the centre of this intergenerational project, issued as a limited 180g LP in a gatefold sleeve with a 16-page French-English booklet and photography by Tim Duffy and Simon Arcache.

Label: EALZ! Records
Format: LP Vinyl, 180g, Limited Edition, Gatefold Sleeve & 16-page French-English Booklet
Cat No: EALZ2003
Release Date: 4 November 2026
Genre / Style: Blues / Gospel / Soul / Folk

Tracklist

  1. A1. Various Artists - La Collégiale II (Okalaka Blues)
  2. A2. The Goins - Lonesome Valley
  3. A3. Rufus McKenzie - John Henry
  4. A4. Pat 'Mother Blues' Cohen - Grinnin' In Your Face
  5. A5. Big Boy Henry - Nina Mae
  6. B1. Neal Pattman - Prison Blues
  7. B2. Cora Fluker - Death Come Creepin’
  8. B3. Unknown Artist - Hear My Mother Pray Again
  9. B4. Essie Mae Brooks - One More Sunny Day
  10. B5. Etta Baker - Rainbow Poem

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