Love And Circumstance

Love And Circumstance

With Love & Circumstance Carrie Rodriguez demonstrates (if you weren't already convinced by her spectacular sophomore album, She Ain't Me) that she has fully matured into a confident and commanding solo artist, in spite of (or perhaps, because of) the fact that the new album consists entirely of covers. Like Emmylou Harris with her 1995 masterpiece, Wrecking Ball, Carrie mines and polishes gems of other songwriters, delivering them in her own unique style. Carrie's voice is sweet and relaxed with a natural twang, perfectly matched to a soundtrack that is both ethereal (similar to, but not to the same extent as Carrie's first two solo albums and Harris' Wrecking Ball) and rootsy. As an interpreter of other people's songs, Carrie doesn't press to match or outdo the originals, but, instead, sounds comfortable in her own skin. The theme of the album is, well, love and circumstance, and Carrie does a fine job of selecting and sequencing the song cycle, choosing a piece from the public domain (well, actually her father, David's, re-write of a traditional folk song), living and deceased legends (Merle Haggard, Townes Van Zandt, Hank Williams), some of the best contemporary songwriters (Buddy Miller, Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Gillian Welch, John Hiatt), the new wave of indie folk (M. Ward) and Latino (Polo Urias popularized a song of Carrie's great aunt). This is an album that you do not want to miss.
Country USA
Brand Ninth Street Opus
Manufacturer Ninth Street Opus
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 9S0001
Model 9S0001
ReleaseDate 2010-04-13
UnitCount 1
Format CD
UPCs 884501284196
EANs 0884501284196

Country	USA
Brand	Ninth Street Opus
Manufacturer	Ninth Street Opus
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	9S0001
Model	9S0001
ReleaseDate	2010-04-13
UnitCount	1
Format	CD
UPCs	884501284196
EANs	0884501284196

Love And Circumstance

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