The Nomad Series, Volume 1: Renmin Park — Cowboy Junkies

A hazy, immersive travelogue that feels both deeply personal and culturally expansive.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 50m

Intro

1:09

Renmin Park

3:59

Sir Francis Bacon at the Net

3:59

Stranger Here

3:17

A Few Bags of Grain

3:40

I Cannot Sit Sadly by Your Side

4:59

(You’ve Got to Get) A Good Heart

4:27

Cicadas

5:17

Interlude

0:48

My Fall

4:37

Little Dark Heart

4:08

A Walk in the Park

5:51

Renmin Park (revisited)

3:16

Coda

0:54

Moments Worth Listening For

the sudden intrusion of a looping chinese street musician's erhu against a slow blues riff

the way the ambient park chatter fades into a ghostly, feedback-laden guitar swell on track 8

margo's voice emerging from a thicket of field recordings like a radio signal catching a frequency

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