While visiting a Pasadena, CA art museum a few years ago, Grant Lee-Phillips found himself drawn to an ornate Indian painting. Its fine details were captivating, but it was the title — In the Hour of Cowdust — that lingered with him.
“A common theme throughout the poetry and the paintings of India is this concept of ‘the hour of cow dust,’” Phillips say. “It’s that moment of the day when the cows are led back home, they kick up the dust; that’s a cue to prepare the lamps. Night is about to fall.”
Tweaking the title slightly to In the Hour of Dust, Phillips used that painting as inspiration for his 12th solo album. Across 11 tracks, he uses contemplative, at times earnest, lyrics backed by atmospheric music to roll out…
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