Proserpina

This song is new to me.  I've blogged about Martha Wainwright before.  I don't know what it is about her music.  I just find her approach so refreshing.  Her voice is raspy.  Her music is sincere. 

Anyway, what's cool about this song is that her mother, musician Kate McGarrigle wrote it before dying a few years ago.  In that same period, Martha herself was becoming a mother for the first time.  In that realm, she felt it was important to cover the song on her latest album.   

Honestly, I just haven't had the time to delve too much into what this song is about.  My daughter is an expert in Greek Mythology.  I was told that Proserpina is the Roman equivalent to Persephone, who is the Goddess of Spring.  I find the melody and arrangement of this song both beautiful and haunting.  Knowing that it was a great musician's last song makes it even cooler.  I'm happy that Martha Wainwright was able to share this piece of art with the world.  Forgive me for having little other to say about it, I'll let the song speak for itself.