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Rutland Boughton: The Queen of Cornwall buy CD music In the year 2000, the Wire magazine picked this spaced out gem from Native American folksinger and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie as one the "100 Albums That Set the World on Fire." Released in 1969, and now on CD, as of 2001, it was reissued as an import on 180 gram vinyl with its original glorious artwork and package. Interestingly enough, it's a record Sainte-Marie doesn't even list on her discography on her website. It doesn't matter whether she cares for it or not, of course, because Illuminations is as prophetic a record as the first album by Can or the psychedelic work of John Martin on Solid Air. For starters, all of the sounds with the exception of a lead guitar on one track and a rhythm section employed on three of the last four selections are completely synthesized from the voice and guitar of Sainte-Marie herself. There are tracks whose vocals are completely electronically altered and seem to come from the ether -- check out "Mary" and "Better to Find Out for Yourself" as a sample. But the track "Adam," with its distorted bassline and Sainte-Marie throwing her voice all over the mix in a tale of Adam's fall and his realization -- too late -- that he could have lived forever, is a spooky, wondrous tune as full of magic as it is mystery and electronic innovation. The songs here, while clearly written, are open form structures that, despite their brevity (the longest cut here is under four minutes), break down the barriers between folk music, rock, pop, European avant-garde music and Native American styles (this is some of the same territory Tim Buckley explores on Lorca and Starsailor). It's not a synthesis in any way, but a completely different mode of travel. This is poetry as musical tapestry and music as mythopoetic sonic landscape; the weirdness on this disc is over-exaggerated in comparison to its poetic beauty. It's gothic in temperament, for that time anyway, but it speaks to issues and affairs of the heart that are only now beginning to be addressed with any sort of constancy -- check out the opener "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot" or the syncopated blues wail in "Suffer the Children" or the arpeggiated synthesized lyrics of "The Vampire." When the guitars begin their wail and drone on "The Angel," the whole record lifts off into such a heavenly space that Hans Joachim Rodelius must have heard it back in the day, because he uses those chords, in the same order and dynamic sense, so often in his own music. Some may be put off by Sainte-Marie's dramatic delivery, but that's their loss; this music comes from the heart -- and even space has a heart, you know. One listen to the depth of love expressed on "The Angel" should level even the crustiest cynic in his chair. Combine this with the shriek, moan, and pure-lust wail of "With You, Honey" and "He's a Keeper of the Fire" -- you can hear where Tim Buckley conceived (read: stole) the entirety of Greetings From LA from, and Diamanda Galas figured out how to move across octaves so quickly. The disc closes with the gothic folk classic "Poppies," the most tripped out, operatic, druggily beautiful medieval ballad ever psychedelically sung. That an album like Illuminations can continue to offer pleasure 32 years after it was recorded is no surprise given its quality; that it can continue to mystify, move, and baffle listeners is what makes it a treasure that is still ahead of its time. ~ Thom Jurek Audio Mixer: Jack Lothrop. Recording information: N.Y.U. School Of Arts. Photographer: Mark Roth. Arranger: Peter Schickele. Personnel includes: Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bob Bozina, John Craviatto, Rick Oxendine. Personnel: Buffy Sainte-Marie (vocals, guitar); Bob Bozina (guitar); John Craviotta (drums).

Rutland Boughton: The Queen of Cornwall songs The debut album from 2011 American Idol finalist Haley Reinhart, 2012's Listen Up! features the singer's gutsy vocals framed in slick pop and R&B productions. Along with Reinhart, the album also features a guest appearance from rapper B.o.B. Included is the Busbee-produced leadoff single "Free" along with 13 other cuts. Recording information: Band House Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Chibola Studio; Firehouse Studios; Killing Tigers Studio; Le Petit Maison; MSR Studio; RW Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Smoke And Mirrors; Studio City Studio; Studio Edison, Los Angeles, CA; Sub-Level 03 Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA; The Birdhouse; Tudor Tones, Los Angeles, CA. Photographer: Harper Smith.

Rutland Boughton: The Queen of Cornwall album for sale Track Listing of songs: Am I Choosing Right; Sing; Silence, The; Hola Luna; Most Beautiful People Are Broken, The; Twelve White Horses; Sing from the Sea; Yes We Will; Sparky Personality; Promises;

Rutland Boughton: The Queen of Cornwall CD music Ella Mae Morse would have objected to the title of this box set, appropriated from the name of a 1954 LP, since it was her contention that she never performed "Barrelhouse," but there is little else to fault with this extensive five-disc box set of her complete Capitol recordings from 1942-1957. Beginning with her collaborations with Freddie Slack (including her career-launching hit "Cow-Cow Boogie") and similar jazz and pop novelties, the set follows Morse through pop and jazz standards, her duets with Tennessee Ernie Ford, sessions with Les Baxter and Nelson Riddle, covers of R&B hits, and odd quasi-rock & roll experiments. Perhaps because of her Texas upbringing Morse was often saddled with hillbilly leaning material, although sometimes, as on her version of the Little Jimmy Dickens hit "A-Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed" and her gender-reversed take on Hank Snow's "The Gal Who Invented Kissin'," the results are much closer to jazz than country. Because of her flirtations with hillbilly music Morse is not taken as seriously as Peggy Lee or Anita O'Day by jazz critics, which is not only a shame because of its marginalization of an obviously talented artist but because it starkly reveals the class and genre prejudices that continue to shape critical opinions of popular music. Cutting away the dross, Morse was a gifted and awesomely bluesy vocalist who was guided through an unusual and sometimes unbecoming musical terrain, and listening to her complete Capitol recordings offers a fascinating microcosm of the stresses and strains resulting from hybridization in popular music in the '40s and '50s. ~ Greg Adams She was of the same vintage as the great blues-affiliated divas Sister Rosetta Thorpe, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. Like them too, she inhabited a stylistic area bordered by gospel, jazz, hillbilly, showbiz evergreens, vaudeville and all manner of trace elements in North America's cultural melting pot. Originally released on vinyl in 1954, and highlighted here along with some of her other most notable records, Barrelhouse, Boogie and the Blues was the defining release of Morse's career, showcasing her full range as a performer and eclectic music taste gained from her many travels. Liner Note Author: Alan Clayson.

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