Vagabon and Courtney Barnett have joined forces for a cover of ‘Reason to Believe’. The song was originally written and recorded by Tim Hardin in 1965 and later covered by artists including Neil Young to Rod Stewart. Vagabon and Barnett’s rendition was inspired by folk singer Karen Dalton’s version of the track. Check it out below.
“I recently discovered the Karen Dalton version of ‘Reason to Believe’ for the first time,” Vagabon’s Lætitia Tamko said in a statement. “I became obsessed and so a few days after discovering it, I was encouraged to record a cover of it in my garage. The decision to have Courtney sing it with me came after we performed it together live at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles on Valentine’s Day 2020, a month before lockdown. It was fresh in our brains then so not long after the show, CB came over and we recorded her parts. Oliver Hill plays slide guitar on it.”
“I’m a huge fan of Vagabon and Karen Dalton so this was a dream,” Courtney Barnett added. “They both have a voice that absolutely knocks the wind out of me. I really admire Lætitia and am constantly inspired by her songwriting, production, and our sporadic FaceTime chats.”
Vagabon’s self-titled LP arrived in 2019, following her 2017 debut Infinite Worlds. Courtney Barnett released her most recent album Tell Me How You Really Feel in 2018.
