Best paired with: a bowl of dirt
Somehow, a bunch of British hipsters tapped into some ethereal Dust Bowl angst and sold 3 million records, causing a nü-folk tsunami that the American airwaves are still recovering from.
Woody Guthrie is spinning in his grave. And Marcus Mumford won a Grammy.
To get the full Grapes of Wrath experience this album sells you on, grab a bowl and dig into some dirt. Real dirt — as arid as you can find. There's nothing quite like a belly full of topsoil to connect you with the economically devastated farmers of the Dirty Thirties.
