Lordi, Michelle / Break Up With the Sound
| Album: | Break Up With the Sound | Collection: | Country | |
| Artist: | Lordi, Michelle | Added: | Jan 2020 | |
| Label: | Cabinet of Wonders Productions | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2020-02-05 | Pull Date: | 2020-05-20 | Charts: | Country/Bluegrass |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 23 | Feb 16 | Feb 9 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 08, 2021: | Traditions (rebroadcast from Nov 5, 2021)
Poor Bird |
4. | Sep 07, 2021: | Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 20, 2020)
Wayward Wind |
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| 2. | Nov 05, 2021: | Traditions
Poor Bird |
5. | Oct 03, 2020: | Hanging in the bone yard
Wayward Wind |
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| 3. | Nov 04, 2021: | Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 6, 2020)
I'm so Lonesome, Lover Man |
6. | Mar 10, 2020: | That's Not Bluegrass
No Expectations |
Album Review
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
Track Listing
| 1. | Poor Bird | 6. | No Expectations | |||
| 2. | Wayward Wind | 7. | Lover Man | |||
| 3. | Double-Crossed | 8. | Red House Serenata | |||
| 4. | True Love | 9. | Red House Blues | |||
| 5. | Before | 10. | I'm so Lonesome |