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Greetings to the FF! Long time, no post – but I have been reading….
Hope there isn’t already a thread for this.Has anyone heard the song Lucinda recorded for the Karen Dalton album?
In the late ’60s and early ’70s, the New York folk singer Karen Dalton released a couple of albums of spindly, meditative folk-blues before disappearing into obscurity. She died in 1993, and years after her death, people started to rediscover her music. Dalton left behind a fair amount of music that she never released, and on a new compilation, a number of younger voices take on some of her unheard lyrics. Dalton’s estate provided the lyrics, and people like Sharon Van Etten, Julia Holter, Lucinda Williams, Marissa Nadler, Isobel Campbell, and Laurel Halo have put those lyrics to music. Below, check out the tracklist for Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton.
TRACKLIST:
01 Sharon Van Etten – “Remembering Mountains”
02 Patty Griffin – “All That Shines Is Not Truth”
03 Diane Cluck – “This Is Our Love”
04 Julia Holter – “My Love, My Love”
05 Lucinda Williams – “Met An Old Friend”
06 Marissa Nadler – “So Long Ago And Far Away”
07 Laurel Halo – “Blue Notion”
08 Larkin Grimm – “For The Love I’m In”
09 Isobel Campbell – “Don’t Make It Easy”
10 Tara Jane O’Neil – “At Last The Night Has Ended”
11 Josephine Foster – “Met An Old Friend”http://www.stereogum.com/1792572/sharon-van-etten-julia-holter-lucinda-williams-cover-unreleased-karen-dalton-songs-on-new-comp/news/
I heard the Patty Griffin song and really like it.
http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/05/21/402031771/new-music-patty-griffin-records-lost-karen-dalton-songLu wrote the music to some lyrics that were found in Karen’s archive and was very happy how it came out. The album comes out this Tuesday.
Terrible review from this particular site – except for this:
Dalton’s own songs draw on that “authentic ‘folk’ background”—the lyrics are often lullabyish, sometimes deliberately obscure. Of course if Dalton made every cover her own, the artists on Remembering Mountains attempt the same, with mixed results. The standout track is certainly Lucinda Williams’ “Met An Old Friend”—the only straightforward verse-chorus song on the album—with Doug Pettibone offering some terrific slide guitar work.
http://splicetoday.com/music/my-sin-was-the-sweetest-love
I bought this Saturday at Grimey’s in Nash, and I can’t seem to get beyond track five. . . . Lu honors another Oklahoman, my goodness.
In addition to Met an Old Friend, track #4’s “My Love, My Love” sung by Julia Holter is haunting. Great album. Lu picks the good ones to be a part of. 🙂
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In addition to Met an Old Friend, track #4’s “My Love, My Love” sung by Julia Holter is haunting. Great album. Lu picks the good ones to be a part of. 🙂
I can’t agree, Vivian, now having slogged through the whole project. Only last night did I note than “Met an Old Friend” was on there twice (!!!!!!!!!!!!), and I feared the worst for track twelve. Truth to tell, Josephine Foster, whoever she may be, did a serviceable job, a capella. I wonder if Foster knew she had a bit of “competition” on the album when she agreed. It’s my understanding that Dalton’s two records during her lifetime were 100% covers, and I can reckon why now. I found most of the cuts wispy, fey in the worst way. Patty Griffin brought some integrity to hers, as of course did our Lu. I guess the producer (whose liner notes were of interest, if a bit disjointed) meant well, but if you have ten songs you have ten tracks, not eleven. I would lower the number in terms of quality for a released tribute record. Anyway, this does not diminish my satisfaction at having made the purchase and going straight to track five.
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