The Be Good Tanyas - Chinatown

Ex-treeplanters from Nelson, B.C., the Tanyas revel in old-timey music, with Samantha Parton, Frazey Ford and Trish Klein mixing haunting harmonies with stark banjos and mandolins. Along with “Junkie Song,” Ford’s quivering tale of Vancouver heroin addicts, and “Dogsong 2,” Parton’s touching tribute to her late Labrador, the trio’s second album features covers of such traditional numbers as “House of the Rising Sun” and “In My Time of Dying,” made famous by The Animals and Led Zeppelin. Potent stuff.