Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart – “How Could You Let Me Go” (Madelynn Von Ritz aka Lynn Castle Cover)

In 1970, the English folk singer Vashti Bunyan released one album, Just Another Diamond Day, before slipping into obscurity. That album didn’t sell, but it became a cult favorite, especially among the artists of the ’00s freak-folk world. Bunyan left the music world behind to raise her kids, not even realizing how the music she’d made had resonated. In 2004, Bunyan reemerged, singing a duet called “Rejoicing In The Hands” with her young fan Devendra Banhart. Bunyan has gone on to an active recording career, making her own music and collaborating with artists like Animal Collective and the Avalanches. Today, Bunyan and Banhart gotten back together to cover a song from another obscure folk singer-songwriter.