Vera Hall - The Wild Ox Moan

"The Wild Ox Moan" was recorded in the summer of 1959 by Alan Lomax, in the red-clay part of Alabama where singer Vera Hall spent her whole life. It's one of the tracks that Moby adapted for his album Play. With all due respect to the shave-headed vegan Melville, I prefer this version. As someone I knew once said, "Field recordings are magical." Hearing music like this makes me glad to be alive.