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Ginny Hawker has emerged as one of America's finest traditional singers, bringing a contemporary vitality to the soulful and unvarnished sounds of old-time mountain music. Tracy Schwarz has been a flamekeeper for old-time music since joining the New Lost City Ramblers in 1962. On Draw Closer they join together with Ron Stewart, Peter Schwarz and producer Dirk Powell for a captivating set of timeless music. 'To survive in Ginny and Tracy's world a song has to be lean and its subject clear. They seem to understand that a song too full of itself leaves no room for the singer. The ones they choose are like sturdy old mountain cabins, with strong walls and a lack of excess within. They inhabit them completely, leaving the door cracked for us to follow.'-Dirk Powell