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Bushnell, IL (USA), 6 July 2002 Woven Hand
  from US e-zine Opus, 13 July 2002 Woven Hand is a side-project of David Eugene Edwards, better known as the leader of Sixteen Horsepower, a band whose music I love. Woven Hand delves into the same roots as Sixteen Horsepower - dark American folk music mixed with haunting lyrics of fire, brimstone, and redemption (like a Southern Gothic rendition of "O Brother Where Art Thou?). I honestly don't think that many in the crowd knew what to expect that night, but I don't think anyone who there will soon forget it. I've heard that Edwards was an intense performer, but what I experienced held me transfixed. Edwards looked like a mad prophet, singing with a passion that was almost strange to look at and a gaze that could burn holes in the tent. He'd stomp his feet, gaze off into space, and mumble things under his breath... as if he was hearing things that noone else could. And the music... Oh my Lord. It was beautiful, haunting, moving, frightening... all at once. As I walked away from the tent that night, I felt like I had experienced something special. This was what Cornerstone was about for me, seeing an artist truly on the edge of the Christian "culture" that permeates our lives so much share his unique and haunted view on matters of faith. After dealing with one too many punk band, seeing all of the "subcultures" strut around intent on being as "rebellious" as possible, Woven Hand delivered perhaps the most "rebellious" show of them all. And, as always, 99% of the people at the fest didn't even know it happened. *Sigh* Oh well... there's always next year.
Frames from a video-clip of "Your Russia" which was available at Opus.
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