Stu Folsom has been devouring westerns as of late. Growing up in “a house full of hillbillies” out in the United States’ wild western expanse, the SpiritWorld mastermind has always had a soft spot for cowboy culture, shot through as it is with tales of gunfighters and outlaws on the old frontier. After his mother experienced a heart attack on his birthday last June, however, he’s found himself spending time sitting with her to revisit a host of old favourites. He calls out the all-star 1989 TV adaptation of Lonesome Dove as particularly beloved, having read Larry McMurtry’s doorstop source novel three times, and long since fallen for the verbiage of hard-bitten protagonist Gus McCrae. Serendipitously, the night before we sit down to talk upcoming third album Helldorado...