| Currie, Carolyn / Waves Of Silence |
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| Album: | Waves Of Silence | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Currie, Carolyn | Added: | Mar 2010 | |
| Label: | High Horse Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-04-18 | Pull Date: | 2010-06-20 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 20 | Jun 6 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 16, 2010: | public noize racket Don't Run With Scissors, Rain | 3. | Jun 05, 2010: | Music Casserole Kaleidoscope | |
| 2. | Jun 15, 2010: | that's not bluegrass Ahab's Wife | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Abu Ramses Reviewed 2010-04-03 | ||
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Carolyn Currie “Waves of Silence” (High Horse Records, 2009) Reviewed by Abu Ramses – All Tracks FCC CLEAN 4th album of Maine-based singer/songwriter Carolyn Currie. Poetic lyrics are an important part of the songs. Slow, folky sound. Currie’s soprano voice dominates a nicely choreographed ensemble. She plays 6 and 12 string acoustic guitar on all tracks. Currie’s voice sounds like a cross between Joni Mitchell, mid-career Judy Collins, and Alison Krauss. Try tracks 1, 3, 8, 9 (2 and 6 if you like Irish flute) Tracks 1. Rain 4:29 – an anti-Iraq war song 2. Don't Run with Scissors 4:01 – taking risks. Finger picking on guitar. Irish flavor with penny whistle/Irish flute, cello, fiddle accompaniment 3. I am an Island 3:53 – her “token love song”. Big cello and keyboards 4. Hello Silence 5:54 – leaving a bad relationship, cello 5. After 4:47 – mid-tempo, depressive, about a suicide 6. Ahab's Wife 4:12 – love sails off. Irish flute, cello, bass, accordion 7. Kaleidoscope 4:13 – traveling lover won’t commit, cello solo 8. Rolling Thunder 5:26 – haunting, about the Vietnam war. Percussion recreates war sounds 9. The World is Flat 4:47 – “I’m scared of my mediocrity.” Great message for a Stanford audience, Finger picking, fiddle 10. Hot for a House 3:52 – home ownership & the financial crash, bass 11. Lullaby 2:56 – children grow up. Keyboards, cello | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Rain | 6. | Ahab's Wife | |||
| 2. | Don't Run With Scissors | 7. | Kaleidoscope | |||
| 3. | I Am An Island | 8. | Rolling Thunder | |||
| 4. | Hello Silence | 9. | The World Is Flat | |||
| 5. | After | 10. | Hot For A House | |||
| 11. | Lullaby | |||||