Madeleine & Salomon / A Woman's Journey
Album: A Woman's Journey   Collection:General
Artist:Madeleine & Salomon   Added:Mar 2018
Label:Promise Land  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2018-04-08 Pull Date: 2018-06-10
Week Ending: Jun 10 Jun 3 Apr 22 Apr 15
Airplays: 3 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 09, 2018: Music Casserole
Strange Fruit
4. Jun 02, 2018: Music Casserole
No Government/ High School Drag
2. Jun 08, 2018: Traditions
Save The Children
5. Apr 20, 2018: Old Fart at Play
Les Fleurs
3. Jun 05, 2018: Waste FM
No Government/ High School Drag
6. Apr 12, 2018: Old Fart at Play
Swallow Song

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-03-31
Reviewed: 2018-03-31
Genre: General
FCCs: none
Review: A lonely voice, surveying a minor scale and reciting fundamentally feminist lines. A minimalist and delicate duo tackling a humanist and rebellious repertoire. Madeleine sings, Salomon sits at the piano - a duo with a natural elegance, & “less is more” their essence.
If You Like: Nina Simone, Laura Nyro, Billie Holiday, Phoebe Snow
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Image (1:52) – acapella slow song
*2/ Swallow Song (2;12) – piano starts> uptempo song with vocal duet> quick fade
3/ All The Pretty Horses (3:17) – piano starts> slow song> quick fade
4/ No Government/High School Drag (4:52) – undulating vocal starts> midtempo song with spoken word & wild vocal interplay over pounding repetitive piano riff> fade on vocal
*5/ At Seventeen (2:18) – vocal starts> slow song over piano> quick fade
*6/ Strange Fruit (3:01) – piano starts slow> slow drawn out song about lynching> quick stop
*7/ Save The Children (4;26) – piano starts> midtempo song with soaring vocals in waves builds in volume & intensity> quick stop
8/ Bain Libre 1 (0:22) – brief piano solo
9/ Little Girl Blue (2;12) – piano starts> slow song> quick fade
10/ The End Of Silence/ Mercedes Benz (4:19) – piano starts> slow song with spoken word & soaring vocals> quick fade
*11/ Les Fleurs (2:03) – piano starts> slow song in French builds to midtempo & fades
12/ Bain Libre 2 (0:50) – brief flute solo
*13/ Four Women (6:30) – piano starts> slow song> slow fade
*14/ Vous Faites Partie De Moi (2:32) – piano starts> slow breathy song in French, then English> quick stop
15/ Le Jour Ne de La Femme (3:47) – piano starts> false stop> slow meandering piano with sung phrases> quick stop


Track Listing
1. Image   8. Bain Libre 1
2. Swallow Song   9. Little Girl Blue
3. All The Pretty Horses   10. The End Of Silence/ Mercedes Benz
4. No Government/ High School Drag   11. Les Fleurs
5. At Seventeen   12. Bain Libre 2
6. Strange Fruit   13. Four Women
7. Save The Children   14. Vous Faites Partie De Moi
  15. Le Jour Ne De La Femme