Happy Holiday season 2020! Goldmine can't think of a better way to get into the Christmas spirit than discussing Christmas records. Hallberg looks at the devastation of mental illness and suicide through the eyes of a child, a young adult, a parent, and even a grandparent, which minimizes some family transgressions while amplifying others. One day Claudia retreats to her bedroom armed with her father’s old service revolver and doesn’t come out.
But Claudia battles mental illness, often locking herself in her bedroom and blasting the offbeat Zep deep track, “Four Sticks” on her stereo, much to her young daughter’s bewilderment and terror. Single mom Claudia won’t say but hints it might be guitar wizard Jimmy Page. The identity of Luna’s father is a mystery. SEARCHING FOR JIMMY PAGE by Christy Alexander Halberg is set in 1988 after the death of Luna’s great-grandfather propels teenage Luna to investigate her mother’s suicide years earlier. Luna’s quest is as flawed as Quixote’s, yet she ultimately finds the answers–and family–she seeks. Luna packs her bags for the misty mountains and becomes a traveler of both time and space, walking a precarious line between personal growth and self-destruction on her pilgrimage from North Carolina to Page’s home(s) in England. Synopisis: Narrator Luna Kane is on a grief-fueled mission: find elusive guitar god Jimmy Page and ask if he is her father. Certainly, Led Zeppelin fans will dig this novel (read synopsis below), but you don't have to be a Zep fan to enjoy the mystery of the book's story, Listen to the episode and then you can order the book right now in the Goldmine store HERE. Hallberg discusses the basis for her debut novel and her ongoing love for all things Zeppelin. The novel Searching for Jimmy Page by author (and Led Zeppelin fan) Christy Hallberg is the subject of this episode of the Goldmine Podcast. It's a wonderful conversation to put you in the proper holiday spirit. Listen to samples of songs and Taylor's own descriptions of the music.
with renditions of holiday standards such as "Joy to the World," "Silent Night" and the title track, along with covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "As Long As I Can See the Light," Spiritualized's “Shine a Light” and Woody Guthrie's "Hanukkah Dance." But the best song just might be the HGM holiday original, "Grace." All songs on the album are delivered by Taylor and Hiss Golden Messenger’s extended musical family, as well as special guests that include Grammy Award-winner Aoife O’Donovan, Nathaniel Rateliff, Erin Rae and Buddy Miller. As he puts it: "Big, brash holiday music - the type that we hear in big-box stores in the middle of December - has never resonated with me," Taylor certainly accomplishes a unique holiday mood on O Come All Ye Faithful. Taylor takes holiday music into a more contemplative realm with this release. Taylor, the brains behind Hiss Golden Messenger, comes on the Goldmine Podcast to talk about the Hiss Golden Messenger 2021 holiday album, O Come All Ye Faithful (Merge Records).
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