Q&A: LOUISVILLE DREAM FOLK DUO GENEVVA ON LOOKING BACK WHILE STAYING PRESENT WITH DEBUT ALBUM SLIP AWAY

Slip Away, their first project released as Genevva, originated as a quarantine EP, but the isolation did not inhibit the inspiration, mining the sounds of the 60s, 70s, and classic Hollywood overtures with a custom-made pickaxe. They aren’t so much recreating the wistful folk of Marianne Faithfull on opener “Gone With the Wind” or the countrified saunter of Linda Ronstadt on “Yin Yang” as they are showing how enduring these sounds are and how fresh they can remain when unified through themes of perseverance and togetherness, with Cochran’s vocals upfront and Craker’s arrangements being backdrops that give her words all the more room to travel. It’s not retro; it’s timeless.

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