Reflecting the Sublime
  • ABOUT BOOK
    • BUY BOOK
  • BACKGROUND
    • CONTACT
  • THE STORY CONTINUES
Picture
BLACK PRAIRIE PERFORMS WILD ONES
​Black Prairie, the versatile Portland, Oregon, folk and bluegrass group reprises William Hornaday's work to confront the tragic near-extinction of the American bison in the late-1880s. In a sound-track from their 2013 album, the group's musicians give plaintive voice to the tragic loss of the American bison, and to Hornaday's anguished plea-from-the-grave, urging the safekeeping of his hard-won museum specimens. The work premiered in 2013, and subsequently toured the nation in concert with "Wild Ones" author Jon Mooallem.
​Black Prairie Performs Wild Ones:
Picture
From left: Black Prairie members Annalisa Tornfelt, Nate Query, Jon Neufeld. Far right: Jon Mooallem. From their performance at the U Street Music Hall in Washington, DC. Photo Credit: Nalinee Darmrong
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wild-ones-live/
LISTEN:
2013 "Dear Sir -- Most Sincerely, William Temple Hornaday"
Black Prairie Performs Wild Ones, Track #6
℗ 2013 Captain Bluegrass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cHKffRGeO4

Black Prairie:
http://blackprairie.com/​
DC/Eugene, Oregon, June 2023