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Where most singer-songwriters making an album of torch songs would stick with the usual suspects--"One More for the Road" or "As Time Goes By," perhaps--Nanci Griffith has made a career out of rarely doing what's expected. As a result, RUBY'S TORCH, her album of jazzy, lovelorn numbers, features not only startlingly apt reinterpretations of two of her own songs, "Late Night Grande Hotel" and "Brave Companion of the Road," but also unexpected choices from songwriters as diverse as Tom Waits (three of his songs, in fact) and Jimmy Webb. Griffith also extracts something new and personal from the overplayed soft-rock hit "Bluer Than Blue," a sappy late-1970s charter for one-hit-wonder Michael Johnson. This lovely collection even checks in with the requisite Sinatra nod, a fine version of "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning."

Personnel: Michael Johnson (acoustic guitar); Larry Paxton (electric guitar, acoustic bass); Connie Ellisor, Mary Kathryn Van Osdale, David Angell (violin); Monisa Angell (viola); John Catchings, Anthony LaMarchina (cello); James Hooker (piano, organ); Pat McLnerney (drums, percussion); Rick Lonow (drum).

Q (p.145) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Typically, she's innovative in her song selection..."
JazzTimes (p.73) - "45 minutes of gorgeously rendered torch singing....[With] profoundly beautiful reworkings of two of her finest compositions."
No Depression (p.84) - "She finds startling dimension in the AM radio chestnut 'Bluer Than Blue'..."

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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Country CDs, Progressive, Folk
Label Rounder Select
Orig Year 2006
All Time Product Rank 84,943
CD Universe Part number 7301711
Catalog number 613265
Discs 1
Release Date Nov 14, 2006
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Personnel John Catchings
David Angell - violin
Connie Ellisor
Anthony LaMarchina - cello
Monisa Angell - viola
Mary Kathryn Van Osdale
Larry Paxton - electric guitar, acoustic bass
Pat McInerney - drums, percussion
Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson - acoustic guitar
James Hooker - piano, organ
Rick Lonow - drum
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1When I Dream3:29 $0.99
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2If These Walls Could Speak3:40 $0.99
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3Ruby's Arms5:28 $0.99
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4Never Be The Sun3:57 $0.99
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5Bluer Than Blue3:18 $0.99
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6Brave Companion Of The Road3:29 $0.99
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7Grapefruit Moon4:20 $0.99
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8Please Call Me, Baby4:11 $0.99
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9Late Night Grande Hotel2:53 $0.99
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10In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning2:51 $0.99
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11Drops From The Faucet4:07 $0.99
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Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars) 3 stars

1 star no good
she sounds like an old lady grasping at her fleeting stardom. Her songs are predictable and boring. A real snoozer. Sorry Nancy, but this album belongs in a geriatric ward.
Submitted by jbitticks (San Diego, CA)
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5 stars SUBLIME NANCI!
Nanci's voice is stronger on this outing than anything since Blue Roses from the Moons (although that was not one of my favorites). When I Dream, Bluer than Blue, Never Be the Sun and Please Call Me, Baby are so haunting and beautiful you'll be yearning for another disc of torch songs from Nanci. Supposedly, there will be an accompanying "Caberet" Tour this spring. Don't miss her if she comes anywhere near!
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