{"title":"Mount Moriah","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough their artful personal storytelling, \u003cstrong\u003eMount Moriah\u003c\/strong\u003e develops a piercing portrait of a “New South” where progressive traditions are still fitfully breaking free from conservative ones. 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Available for the first time on vinyl, \u003cem\u003eMount Moriah\u003c\/em\u003e was described by NPR Music as “an infectious brew of gospel, folk, rock and country that asks questions of the establishment while looking at love from every angle.”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs record store clerks in Chapel Hill, NC, Heather McEntire (of post-punk veterans Bellafea) and Jenks Miller (of heavy-psych\/metal outfit Horseback) spent their evenings creating Mount Moriah as an outlet for their mutual interest in classic American folk and rock music. Born in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, McEntire weaves narratives into spectral tapestries imbued with the complex majesty of the South and its deep-seated spirituality. 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