As a second generation harpist, Mary Lattimore may have been born to play the instrument. After picking up the instrument at 11 and studying at the Eastman School of Music, however, she began to forge her own path with the instrument. A stint in Philadelphia found the music integrating into the indie rock scene, adapting a traditionally classical instrument to accompany the likes of Kurt Vile and later Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore. Since 2013, Lattimore has released a quartet of solo records, including, most recently, last year’s Silver Ladders, recorded over nine days in Cornwall by Slowdive’s Neil Halstead. Lattimore sat down to discuss her evolving approach to the instrument, which included a recent Bandcamp-released ambient track designed to help listeners get some rest during the pandemic.
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