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I found a sponsored link to “The Village” as I logged into my MS account.
One minute clips of all the artists involved in this project. Lu sounds amazing! AND Amos Lee 😀 and Shelby Lynn and Mary Chapin Carpenter and…
http://www.429records.com/sites/429records/429details/d_thevillage.asp
Cool. Thanks for the link Lafayette (I’m going to start calling you “Lafayette the Linker”! 😉 )
From the snip of Lu singing “Positively 4th Street”, it sounds like a different version than the one she recorded years ago. That’s awesome – not that the old one is bad, but now I’ll have two versions. The more Lu the merrier!
Definitely a must-buy. In fact, I’m heading straight for Amazon to place it on pre-order…
Tom
@Lafayette wrote:
Lu (covering Dylan) and Amos Lee (covering NEIL!). I’m in.
Oops 😳 Shows you what I know. Amos Lee is covering Fred Neil…not NEIL!
@Lafayette wrote:
Oops 😳 Shows you what I know. Amos Lee is covering Fred Neil…not NEIL!
Oh, one of those Neils anyway – one is the same as another, right? 😈 😈 😈
Tom
Lu in “The Village Voice,” that is…
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/10/lucinda_william.php
@Lefty wrote:
Lu in “The Village Voice,” that is…
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/10/lucinda_william.php
Thank’s a lot Lefty!!! I find here my dudes about the Hank Williams song for my next report at the spanish R’n’r magazine Popular 1. 😀 😀 😀
I just got a copy of this new CD today a little early (official release is this Tuesday, Nov. 3rd) – someone was selling a copy of it on eBay – open, but in brand new condition, probably a promo copy – and I won it for the bargain-basement price of $10 including shipping. Any way, I’ve given it a listen, and I have to say that I love it.
First & foremost is Lu’s rendition of “Positively 4th Street”. Some (many?) of you may be familiar with a cover of this Dylan classic that Lu did several years ago. Well, the version on this CD has a slower tempo and a slightly sparser arrangement than that previous version. Her vocals are up front and very prominent; very emotional as well. Top notch, IMHO.
Other highlights from the album (in my mind, at any rate) are a cover of Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” by Shelby Lynne (great vocals), a kind of funky version of “Subterranean Homesick Blues” by Rickie Lee Jones, a rousing cover of “Guantanamera” by Los Lobos, & a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” by Rachael Yamagata.
And, without a doubt, the biggest revelation for me on the CD is a cover of Dylan’s “It’s Alright Ma I’m Only Bleeding” by a band I had never before heard of called The Duhks. The lead singer, Sarah Dugas, has an incredible voice – a band I will definitely be checking out in the very near future.
Bottom line, this is a great CD I would recommend highly – not only for Lu’s contribution, but for the album as a whole.
Tom
P.S. Oh, and as a nod to Lafayette – Amos Lee’s rendition of Fred Neil’s “Little Bit Of Rain” is damn good in it’s own right. I just have a built-in bias for female vocalists, hence my above focus…
Oh, thank you for the review, tnt!
I saw, via my email inbox, you had responded to this thread and my immediate thought, before I checked the forum, is your post was a friendly reminder this collection was being released on Tuesday.
I’m off to order from Amazon right now! Thanks for giving Amos a listen ( I do love me some Amos) as I know you gravitate toward female vocalists/singer songwriters. I won’t hold it against you. 😮 I gravitate towards male vocalists/singer songwriters. Lu is my exception.
Lucinda shines in this particular review as well as The Duhks (good call, tnt). Amos, not so well.
http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/latestsub.aspx?csid1=137&csid2=870&fid1=42134
“Dylan is well represented, with five versions of his classics here, while former muse Suze Rotolo contributes liner notes. The best Dylan cover is Lucinda Williams’ sparse and world-weary take on “Positively 4th Street.” with the Duhks’ version of “It’s Alright Ma I’m Only Bleeding” also being a worthy one.”
@Lafayette wrote:
Lucinda shines in this particular review as well as The Duhks (good call, tnt). Amos, not so well.
http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/latestsub.aspx?csid1=137&csid2=870&fid1=42134
Eh, what does he (she?) know. I found Rickie Lee Jones’ “annoying boho shtick” entertaining.
But, then again, I am pretty open-minded, musically speaking… 😉
Tom
Listen to The Village version of Positively 4th Street here….
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