"Whether The Loom's intent in "For The Hooves That Gallop..." was political or not, the presence of a colonial metaphor conjures the patriotic curriculum of our fabled history. Folk music coasted on self-loathing, binge drinking and meek hearts in a decade of depression, corruption and war, as though there weren't biggehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifr problems than your dog dying under the porch. There's no finer hour to change the conversation. Let's hope The Loom's "For The Hooves That Gallop..." is the beginning of a new discourse in folk." Listen to The Loom's "For The Hooves That Gallop, And The Heels That March" on Impose Magazine.
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