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Old PaintFreakwater
Quote from: ecramer on 4 Jun 2008, 04:53 amOld PaintFreakwater That album has Cramer written allover it. just a pickin' n' a grinnin',,,, aaCheers,Robin
This is the only Freakwater I could find, released right after Old Paint. This music makes me want to cry in my beer and take a wizz at the same time. Freakwater: Springtime (1988)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi7TKq_0_a8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9O3tNWXQpYCheers,Robin
Quote from: satfrat on 4 Jun 2008, 05:03 amQuote from: ecramer on 4 Jun 2008, 04:53 amOld PaintFreakwater That album has Cramer written allover it. just a pickin' n' a grinnin',,,, aaCheers,RobinWhat do you mean by that Editorial ReviewsAmazon.comFreakwater makes a brand of acoustic-guitar-and-pedal-steel alt.country that's inspired, partly, by old-time country, though but by no means slavishly. For one thing, the group's frontwomen, Catherine Irwin and Janet Bean, write songs from thoroughly modern points of view. (The Carter Family never sang about slitting their wrists.) For another, Irwin's and Bean's striking harmonies are so ragged as to go flat (purposely?). Usually this strident approach only enhances the lonely poignance of the songs, but occasionally they push the technique to annoyance. Maybe it's no surprise then that, on Old Paint, the best numbers generally dispense with harmonies altogether, leaving one singer's haunting voice to weep all alone. --David CantwellWhine de LuneTrailer Bride
Robin - That album is hit or miss for me, although track 5(not 4) is EXC!....check out "Whiskey for the Holy Ghost". It's 100% moody and tightly worded. Mark
The free jazz quartet Exuberance definitely lives up to its name. Their music is often ecstatic as tenor-saxophonist Louis Belogenis and trumpeter Roy Campbell frequently scream together. This live set features four numbers but each piece, particularly the two lengthy ones, are episodic and do not necessarily end where they began. There are some thoughtful and quiet sections but the parts that are most memorable are when the group is at its most relentless. Drummer Michael Wimberly sings and chants a little during the first part of "Invocation" and there is a bit of Roy Campbell's flute. However the main hero throughout is Belogenis, whose intense tenor, while sometimes recalling Albert Ayler, sounds quite original and full of fire. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Kali Z. Fasteau is one extremely versatile musician. On Making Waves she plays synthesizer, soprano sax, cello, drums, mizmar, and uses her voice (with electronics) as a pure instrument.... “Jazz” as a term is very vague, but most people agree what is and isn't jazz, even if no single definition ever suffices. ”Free jazz” (a label that Fasteau does not really like) is the most ethereal term, but also misleading since most of what falls into this category is not really free (which would be chaos) but ordered to principles different that those most expect from jazz or music in general: rhythm, melody and harmony.
