Shotgun Singer

Infobox Album |
Name = Shotgun Singer
Type = studio album
Artist = Kris Delmhorst


Released =April 15, 2008
Recorded = North Reading, MA
Genre = Americana, Folk music
Length =
Label = Signature Sounds
Producer = Kris Delmhorst, Sam Kassirer
Reviews = * Allmusic (no rating) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jxfwxz9jldde link]
Last album = "Strange Conversation"
(2006)
This album = "Shotgun Singer"
(2008)
Next album =

"Shotgun Singer" is an album by singer/songwriter Kris Delmhorst, released in 2008.

Delmhorst recorded "Shotgun Singer" in a rural cabin with minimal recording gear by herself. Once completed, she brought in various players to add to the songs, including her husband Jeffrey Foucault and friend and label-mate Peter Mulvey. Those three had previously released "Redbird" together five years earlier.

Allmusic stated "... anyone dipping into a song like "Freediver" or any other random track on this disc is bound to be quite surprised at the extraordinary depth inside."

The Boston Herald stated in their review: "Perennial Boston Music Award nominee Delmhorst makes a stunning transformation by moving from the countrified folk of her previous three releases to a dreamier and denser sound brimming with atmosphere and muted-but-infectious melodies... "Shotgun Singer" is a work of lo-fi beauty, and evidence of an artist taking flight." ["Boston Herald". Nate Dow. April 18, 2008.]

Track listing

All songs by Kris Delmhorst.
#"Blue Adeline" – 4:28
#"Heavens Hold the Sun" – 3:43
#"To the Wire" – 4:02
#"Midnight Ringer" – 4:13
#"If Not for Love" – 3:27
#"Riverwide" – 4:19
#"1000 Reasons" – 4:33
#"Birds of Belfast" – 4:57
#"Oleander" – 3:05
#"Kiss It Away" – 3:14
#"Freediver" – 4:02
#"Brand New Sound" – 3:26

Personnel

*Kris Delmhorst – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, organ, piano, cello, tambourine, mandolin, bass, vibraphone, keyboards, Fender Rhondes
*Jeffrey Foucault – acoustic guitar, banjo, slide guitar
*David "Goody" Goodrich – guitar loops
*Sam Kassirer – organ, piano, percussion, keyboards, vibraphone, Fender Rhodes
*Erin McKeown – requinto
*Peter Mulvey – electric guitar

Production

* Produced by Kris Delmhorst and Sam Kassirer
* Engineered by Danny Bernini, Justin Pizzoferrato, Andy Pinkham and Sam Kassirer
* Mastered by Jeff Lipton
* Mixed by Kristen Smith
* Photography by Jon Strymish, Jeffrey Foucault and Kris Delmhorst
* Design by Paul Fucik

References

External links

* [http://www.krisdelmhorst.com/ Official Kris Delmhorst website]
* [http://www.signaturesounds.com/ Signature Sounds Recordings]