The Deadening by Deborah Hanon & Ministers of Culture: Give it a try

We first heard Deborah Hanon at a nightclub where her band, Lost Pilots,  did a cover of "Dancing Barefoot" by Patti Smith and she had me hook line and sinker.  Our fondness for Smith is no secret and was the subject of a column for the nohoartsdidtrict.com a few months back.  

At an interview that we conducted later on we found out that Hanon is a big fan of Smith's music. We've read the same books and own the same music.

"The Deadening" by Hanon and Ministers of Culture offers up a narrative that would make Smith proud. The music, beat, cadence all comes together to offer up a fine piece of story telling.

When we went to a record release party at the Club Lingerie for Hanon and her band back then we missed out on meeting up with Metal Maven Vicky Hamilton.  Hamilton was there in support of Hanon and much to our chagrin decades later wondered how we missed her.

Hamilton has her own record label now and this tune is released on her "Dark Spark" label.  "The Deadening" is available on music streaming platforms.