- Strange Conversation
Infobox Album |
Name = Strange Conversation
Type =studio album
Artist =Kris Delmhorst
Released =Jun 27, 2006
Recorded = North Reading, MA
Genre =Americana ,Folk music
Length = 41:20
Label = Signature Sounds
Producer =Kris Delmhorst
Reviews = *Allmusic (no rating) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fzfpxqrdldhe link]
Last album = "Songs for a Hurricane "
(2003)
This album = "Strange Conversation"
(2006)
Next album = "Shotgun Singer "
(2008)"Strange Conversation" is an album by
singer/songwriter Kris Delmhorst , released in 2006.Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Delmhorst takes on setting some works of famous poets to music along with her own original compositions. The lead off track is named after Italian composer
Baldassare Galuppi . Inspired by and quoting heavily from theRobert Browning poemA Toccata of Galuppi's , Delmhorst reflects on the composers times and style:"And the minor third so bitter, the six chord like a sigh,
suspension, solution, asking must we die, must we die must we die?
And the seventh says well fellas, life might not last, but we can try…"Allmusic stated "It's an impressive and ambitious work that is evidence of the sophistication enveloping the Kris Delmhorst catalog and one hopes that these important musings get noticed beyond the cult that realizes something very special is happening here.""Strange Conversations" was recorded at the same time as Delmhorst's follow up CD, "
Shotgun Singer ".Track listing
All songs by Kris Delmhorst unless noted.
#"Galuppi Baldassare" – 4:15
#"We'll Go No More A-Roving" (Byron, Delmhorst) – 3:04
#"Light of the Light" – 4:34
#"Since You Went Away" (Delmhorst,James Weldon Johnson , Olson) – 3:06
#"Strange Conversation" – 3:36
#"The Drop & The Dream" – 3:04
#"Invisible Choir" – 3:44
#"Pretty How Town" ( [E. E. Cummings|e. e. cummings, Delmhorst) – 1:57
#"Tavern" (Delmhorst,Edna St. Vincent Millay ) – 3:42
#"Water, Water" – 2:40
#"Sea Fever" (Delmhorst,John Masefield ) – 3:43
#"Everything Is Music" – 3:55Personnel
*Kris Delmhorst – vocals, acoustic guitar, fiddle, piano, cello, background vocals
*Kevin Barry – electric and acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, piano, background vocals
*Mark Chenevert – clarinet, tenor sax
*Lorne Entress – drums, percussion, background vocals
*Dave Harris – trombone, tuba
*Paul Kochanski – double bass, background vocals
*Mike Peipman – trumpet
*Chris Rival – organ
*Tom West – Hammond organProduction
* Produced by Kris Delmhorst
* Engineered and mixed by Chris Rival
* Mastered by Dave McNair
* Photography by Megan Summers
*Translation by Coleman Barks
*Artwork and design by Brian TurnerExternal links
* [http://www.krisdelmhorst.com/ Official Kris Delmhorst website]
* [http://www.signaturesounds.com/ Signature Sounds Recordings]
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