''My Fair, My Dark'' is

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's second EP, released in

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on Polyvinyl Records. It features two original songs, a live version of "Late Blues" (from ''

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''), and four covers. Guest musicians include The Band's

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, Peter Schickele, Michael Hurley, and

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. ''My Fair, My Darks eponymous lead song was first issued on the CD accompanying the 2005 music issue of

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magazine.

Reception

Reviewers highlighted the new song "Still Life" and the two on which Levon Helm participated,

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's "The Pain of Loving You" and the live version of Ida's own "Late Blues" from one of Helm's Midnight Ramble concerts. "My Fair, My Dark" was included on a list of "150 of the saddest songs in the world" published in the

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' music blog.

Track listing

All songs written by

, except as noted. #"My Fair, My Dark" – 3:15 written by

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#"Don't Wreck It" – 3:48 #"Road to Ruin" – 2:16 written by John Martyn #"The Pain of Loving You" – 2:49 written by

#"Late Blues (Live)" – 4:40 #"Still Life" – 3:33 #"Time Has Come" – 3:35 written by Anne Briggs The vinyl release contains an additional cover, of

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's "Darkness Night".

Personnel

;Musicians * Jean Cook – violin *

– mandolin on "The Pain of Loving You", drums on "Late Blues" * Michael Hurley – viola on "The Pain of Loving You" * Ruth Keating – drums, percussion, marimba, ukulele, shruti box * Daniel Littleton – guitar, wurlitzer, piano, percussion, vocals * Elizabeth Mitchell – harmonium, vocals *

Tara Jane ONeil Tara Jane O'Neil (born November 22, 1972) (surname sometimes written as "ONeil"; sometimes credited as TJO) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, audio engineering, audio recording engineer, and visual artist based out of Los Angeles, ...

– guitar on "The Pain of Loving You" * Karla Schickele – wurlitzer, bass, vocals * Peter Schickele – piano on "Late Blues" * Lincoln Schleifer – bass on "Late Blues" * Matt Sutton – pedal steel on "My Fair, My Dark" ;Technical personnel *

and

– producers * Justin Guip – engineering * Sean Price – additional engineering * Daniel Littleton – additional engineering * Steve Fallone – mastering ;Graphics * Tara Jane ONeil – art * Warren Defever – design

References

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