Performer Notes

Songs: Ohia includes: Jason Molina, Jennie Benford, Jim Krewson.
Named after the gospel song most identified with Mahalia Jackson (but featuring a Molina original by that title instead), DIDN'T IT RAIN is Jason Molina's sixth album under the Songs: Ohia banner. Recorded with a three-person band featuring Jim Krewson and Jennie Benford from the alt-bluegrass group Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops, this leans to the acoustic, countrified side of Molina's musical personality than his electrified Neil Young and Crazy Horse tendencies.

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (June 2002, pp.86-88) - 9 out of 10 - "...DIDN'T IT RAIN needs to be heard by anyone with a love for folk and country and the weird detours both have taken over the years."

Magnet (6-7/02, p.106) - "...This is another saga of failed relationships, existential angst and miserable people ready to exhale their last breaths. The music offers no reprieve..."

CMJ (3/25/02, p.12) - "...The songs are rich and sorrowful...but the subject matter is as modern as indie rock..."

Mojo (Publisher) (5/02, p.102) - "...Mesmeric in [its] stately extrapolation of gloom...There remains an abundance of cold comfort in these SONGS..."

NME (Magazine) (8/10/02, p.34) - 8 out of 10 - "...A work of morose magnificence..."

Paste (magazine) - "Twelve years after its original release, DIDN'T IT RAIN still feels comforting and relevant."