Erin McKeown - Distillation

Styles: Guitar, Folk
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:51
Size: 94,0 MB
Art: Front

(1:48)  1. Queen Of Quiet
(4:25)  2. Blackbirds
(2:16)  3. Didn't They?
(3:01)  4. La Petite Mort
(4:04)  5. The Little Cowboy
(4:53)  6. Daisy And Prudence
(4:46)  7. Fast As I Can
(2:19)  8. You Mustn't Kick It Around
(5:55)  9. How To Open My Heart In 4 Easy Steps
(3:36) 10. Dirt Gardener
(3:44) 11. Love In 2 Parts

Distillation is an excellent name for this album. Rather than being of derivative of roots music, bluegrass, country blues, and folk, McKeown distills these genres. She melted down these styles, incorporated the spirit of them, and came up with her own voice. All but one track here is original. They reach back into remote, rustic regions for sounds and ideas. McKeown is a mirror that reflects it all in new form. The Virginia native comes up with a sound that is part gypsy jazz, part blues, part folk-pop. The one cover is an excellent rendition of a Tin Pin Alley classic, "Mustn't Kick It Around." ~ Tom Schulte  http://www.allmusic.com/album/distillation-mw0000099202

Personnel: Erin McKeown (acoustic guitar); Dave Chalfant (acoustic guitar); Lorne Entress, Dave Hower (drums); Ed Mckeown, Katryna Nields, Ben Demerath, Beth Amsel (background vocals).

Distillation

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