Hannah Cohen Covers Robert Lester Folsom’s ‘Music and Dreams’ for Cult Album’s 50th Anniversary — SkimNews
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- Robert Lester Folsom's album Music and Dreams, recorded and self-released in 1976, will be reissued Oct. 16 as Music and Dreams: 50th Anniversary Edition via Anthology Recordings.
- The anniversary edition includes a remastered version of the original album, unreleased reel-to-reel demos, and two modern covers: Hannah Cohen's rendition of the title track (out now) and Beach House's earlier take on 'April Suzanne.'
- Cohen's version layers 'whimsical, feathery vocals' over a 'serene horn section,' with lyrics like 'I'm just dreaming in the summer sun.'
- Cohen traced her fandom back to hearing Folsom's 'My Stove's on Fire' during a frigid upstate New York winter, and finally met him at the Newport Folk Festival in 2025.
- Folsom played Newport Folk Festival in summer 2025 and struck up an immediate friendship with Cohen when their artist trailers ended up next to each other.
- Folsom is currently touring to support the reissue, playing U.S. and Canadian dates before heading to the U.K. and Europe later this fall.
Why it matters: Folsom's 1976 self-release spent decades as a forgotten cult curio; Anthology Recordings' 50th Anniversary Edition — backed by high-profile covers from Beach House and Cohen plus a full tour — gives the songwriter a mainstream reentry nearly 50 years after he first pressed the record himself.
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