Break Up With the Sound
Country
| Jan 2020
Reviews
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-01-29
Reviewed 2020-01-29
Reviewed: 2020—01-29
Genre: Country
FCCs: none
Review: Vocalist Lordi’s latest disc is genre-defying, leaning on traditional country beefed up with electronics and elements of jazz. Lordi’s voice & her band paint an ethereal dreamscape on a mix of originals & covers. Donny McCaslin sits in on sax on a few tracks.
If You Like: Cowboy Junkies, Jane Monheit, Jesse Sykes, Bill Frisell, Jakob Bro
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Poor Bird (7:14) – bass starts> scat singing morphs into uptempo song> sax solo> uptempo song> sax solo to fade
*2/ Wayward Wind (5:11) – guitar starts like a pedal steel> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> slow fade
3/ Double-Crossed (6:17) – guitar starts slow & quiet> slow song> sax solo> midtempo song> sax solo soars to uptempo & fades
4/ True Love (5:10) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> slow fade
**5/ Before (6:06) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo soars> midtempo song> guitar solo to fade
*6/ No Expectations (5;12) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> guitars solo soars then fades
***7/ Lover Man (8:05) – bass starts, sax kicks in> midtempo song> sax solo> uptempo song> sax solo to fade
8/ Red House Serenata (2:02) – guitar starts> slow tempo jam> slow fade
*9/ Red House Blues (2:09) – guitar starts> slow song> sonic guitar duets with sax> slow song> slow fade
*10/ I’m So Lonesome (4:27) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo soars> slow song> slow fade
Genre: Country
FCCs: none
Review: Vocalist Lordi’s latest disc is genre-defying, leaning on traditional country beefed up with electronics and elements of jazz. Lordi’s voice & her band paint an ethereal dreamscape on a mix of originals & covers. Donny McCaslin sits in on sax on a few tracks.
If You Like: Cowboy Junkies, Jane Monheit, Jesse Sykes, Bill Frisell, Jakob Bro
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Poor Bird (7:14) – bass starts> scat singing morphs into uptempo song> sax solo> uptempo song> sax solo to fade
*2/ Wayward Wind (5:11) – guitar starts like a pedal steel> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> slow fade
3/ Double-Crossed (6:17) – guitar starts slow & quiet> slow song> sax solo> midtempo song> sax solo soars to uptempo & fades
4/ True Love (5:10) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> slow fade
**5/ Before (6:06) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo soars> midtempo song> guitar solo to fade
*6/ No Expectations (5;12) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo> slow song> guitars solo soars then fades
***7/ Lover Man (8:05) – bass starts, sax kicks in> midtempo song> sax solo> uptempo song> sax solo to fade
8/ Red House Serenata (2:02) – guitar starts> slow tempo jam> slow fade
*9/ Red House Blues (2:09) – guitar starts> slow song> sonic guitar duets with sax> slow song> slow fade
*10/ I’m So Lonesome (4:27) – guitar starts> slow song> guitar solo soars> slow song> slow fade
Recent airplay
Poor Bird
Traditions (rebroadcast from Nov 5, 2021) — Nov 08, 2021
Poor Bird
Traditions — Nov 05, 2021
I'm so Lonesome, Lover Man
Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 6, 2020) — Nov 04, 2021
Wayward Wind
Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 20, 2020) — Sep 07, 2021
Wayward Wind
Hanging in the bone yard — Oct 03, 2020
No Expectations
That's Not Bluegrass — Mar 10, 2020
Charting
2020-02-05 — 2020-05-20
Country/Bluegrass
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Mar 15 | 1 |
| Mar 8 | 1 |
| Mar 1 | 2 |
| Feb 23 | 1 |
| Feb 16 | 2 |
| Feb 9 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Poor Bird | ||
| 2. | Wayward Wind | ||
| 3. | Double-Crossed | ||
| 4. | True Love | ||
| 5. | Before | ||
| 6. | No Expectations | ||
| 7. | Lover Man | ||
| 8. | Red House Serenata | ||
| 9. | Red House Blues | ||
| 10. | I'm so Lonesome |