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Formerly half of the gently psychedelic indie-folk duo Azure Ray, Maria Taylor steps up to a full-time solo career with the exquisite LYNN TEETER FLOWER. Stripping away Azure Ray's dreamy keyboards and electronics in favor of an old-fashioned live-band sound akin to Cat Power's THE GREATEST, these 11 songs are a quirky personal take on country-tinged, southern-gothic pop. Highlights include a duet with Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, "The Ballad of Sean Foley," and the mildly eccentric title track.
The words "Lynn Teeter Flower" won't mean much to anyone who wasn't a part of Maria Taylor's formative years in Birmingham, AL, but they have a way of imparting a sense of what the artist's sophomore disc sounds like -- pretty, charmingly off-kilter, this side of eccentric. Unlike 11:11, Taylor's great debut disc, Lynn Teeter Flower, named for a onetime family friend, follows its own carefully considered path. Where the first album leaned hard on the jittery Bright Eyes sound, the second charts a course through sparer but still pillowy sounding territory. In ten songs (the eleventh is more a late-coming interlude than a song -- it unspools a child's sing-songy tribute to "Lynn Flower"), Taylor lays out tales of sadness, self-doubt and elusive love that seem hand-dunked in humanity -- see "My Own Fault" and "Smile and Wave" for the best examples. Throughout, a cutback on shimmery electronic effects results in a lived-in sound; there's a shabby chic-ness to these songs, and also a believability. Taylor's voice is part Elizabeth Mitchell and part Sarah McLachlan, minus the syrup. Like the name "Lynn Teeter Flower," it issues from somewhere plain and true and captivates fully. ~ Tammy La GorceRolling Stone (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[P]retty singer-songwriter fare with spare, delicate backup and dashes of Seventies navel-gazing."
Spin (p.96) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[H]er vocals are both pitch-perfect and emotionally resonant....Taylor is in no way diminished by her guests' bigger shadows."
Alternative Press (p.183) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] more subtle ornamentation and experimentation....She weaves through genres with her harmonic sensibilities and pop vision intact."
Magnet (p.112) - "LYNN TEETER FLOWER takes some chances....But there's plenty to love for old-schoolers, too."
No Depression (p.124) - "Foremost is Taylor's innate sense for beguiling melodies, which she weaves into songs both simple and complex in their arrangements." Maria Taylor Lynn Teeter Flower Songs | 1. | Good Start, A |
| 2. | Clean Getaway |
| 3. | Smile and Wave |
| 4. | No Stars |
| 5. | Replay |
| 6. | Small Part of Me |
| 7. | Irish Goodbye |
| 8. | My Own Fault |
| 9. | Ballad of Sean Foley, The |
| 10. | Lost Time |
| 11. | Lynn Teeter Flower |
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Lynn Teeter Flower Music Review Purchase Lynn Teeter Flower CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | American Music Club Everclear CD (1991)
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American Music Club: Dan Pearson (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, bass); Mark Eitzel (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Vudi (guitar, accordion, bass); Bruce Kaphan (guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, dulcimer, keyboards, bass, percussion); Mike Simms (drums).
Producers: Bruce Kaphan, American Music Club, Norman Kerner.
Engineers: Bruce Kaphan, Tom Carr, Norman Kerner.
Recorded at Music Annex Studio A, Menlo Park, California, Soma Sync Studios and Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, California.
American Music Club: Mark Eitzel (vocals, guitar, keyboards).
Personnel: Dan Pearson (vocals, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, mandolin); Bruce Kaphan (guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, dulcimer, keyboards, percussion); Vudi (guitar, accordion); Mike Simms (drums).
Audio Mixers: Joe Chiccarelli; Bruce Kaphan.
Recording information: Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, CA; Music Annex Recording Studios, Studio A, Menlo Park, CA; Soma Sync Studios, San Francisco, CA.
Photographer: Beth Herzhaft.
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| | Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning CD (2005)
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Bright Eyes: Conor Oberst (acoustic guitar); Mike Mogis (pedal steel guitar); Tim Luntzel (bass guitar); Jesse Harris .
Personnel: Conor Oberst (vocals, guitar); Jake Bellows (vocals, harmonica); Emmylou Harris, Jim James, Andy LeMaster, Maria Taylor (vocals); Jesse Harris , Alex McManus (guitar); Mike Mogis (12-string guitar, mandolin); Nate Walcott (trumpet); Nick White (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Jason Boesel, Clark Baechle (drums).
Additional personnel: Nick Walcott (trumpet); Nick White (organ); Emmylou Harris, Jim James, Andy LeMaster.
Audio Mixer: Mike Mogis.
When writing about Conor Oberst, the singer/songwriter who records with an ever-changing group of musicians under the name Bright Eyes, it's customary to state his age within the first few sentences of the piece. It is also not uncommon to read comparisons between this Nebraskan singer/songwriter and Bob Dylan, the best-known singer/songwriter to hail from the Midwest. This serves a specific purpose -- to establish a context for Oberst's songwriting, to imply that he's some kind of "genius," not in the least for writing and recording albums at such a young age, particularly since he's been recording since the age of 13. And so many albums, too! Taking a page ...
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| | Patty Griffin Children Running Through CD (2007)
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Personnel: Patty Griffin (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, piano); Doug Lancio (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, autoharp); Mary Vonosdale, Pamela Sixfin, David Davidson , David Angell (violin); Chris Farrell, Kristin Wilkinson (viola); Kirsten Cassel, Jane Scarpantoni, Anthony LaMarchina (cello); John Mark Painter (strings, horns); Jim Hoke (harmonica, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Ian McLagan (grand piano); J.D. Foster (acoustic bass, electric bass); Glenn Worf (upright bass, electric bass); Michael Longoria (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Emmylou Harris (vocals).
Part of the same New England coffeehouse singer-songwriter scene that spawned Dar Williams and Lori McKenna, Patty Griffin has stayed comfortably in the margins between rock, folk, and country for a number of years while developing a reputation as a songwriter's songwriter. Her material gets covered by superstars such as the Dixie Chicks, but on CHILDREN RUNNING THROUGH Griffin makes a strong case for herself as her own woman. A solid collection of tunes ranging from the Bonnie Raitt-like strut of "Stay on the Ride" to the country-rocking "Getting Ready" to the tender "Someone Else's Tomorrow," CHILDREN ...
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| | Rilo Kiley Under The Blacklight CD (2007)
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Initial pressings include a bonus CD.
Audio Mixers: Jason Lader; Adam Hawkins .
Photographer: Autumn DeWilde.
L.A.'s cuddliest indie-rockers go for the gold on their fourth album and major-label debut. The warm and fuzzy country/folk-inflected sound that made Rilo Kiley an underground sensation is shunted aside in favor of a more radio-friendly approach. This stylistic expansion encompasses everything from lite-funk grooves and soul horns to New Wave synths and crunchy, chugging guitar riffs. The album-closer, "Give a Little Love," sounds like some alternate-reality mash-up of Beyonce and 10,000 Maniacs, with its skittering drum loops and R&B/pop flavor.
None of this is to say that indie heartthrob Jenny Lewis and cohorts have become either the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or Hillary Duff; there are a couple of tracks that still hark back to the Rilo Kiley longtime fans know and love, and even the new directions keep the ...
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| | Jacques Brel Ces Gens-La CD (2003) (Import) Remastered; France
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CES GENS-LA features the song stylings of Jacques Brel, one of France's greatest and most popular musical artists.
Take two 1964 EPs, Brel and L'Age Idiot, and what do you get? Ces Gens-La, a full-length album that brings the two together. This straightforward reissue retains the original set list, yet adds no bonus material, which is a shame. On the upside, though, it's a nifty little package that collects Jacques Brel's mid-decade nuggets. Although the layman will be most familiar with "Jef," "Chanson de Jacky," and "Mathilde," there are other songs that are equally, if not more so, as strong as the "hits." "Ces Gens-Lá" is a perfect example. Accompanied at first by the merest beat of keys on a piano, the song brings Brel's voice completely to the front as it starts a slow stroke before building to pure passion, backed by both strings and brass. It's a beautiful composition in which, in true style, ...
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