Cormac McCarthy Discography of CDs

Liner Notes from Collateral:E.L. Doctorow declared, "A novelist is a person who lives in other people's skins." The same may be said for songwriter Cormac McCarthy, because, as the ...

Cormac McCarthy discography  

Cormac McCarthy songs Liner Notes from Collateral:E.L. Doctorow declared, "A novelist is a person who lives in other people's skins." The same may be said for songwriter Cormac McCarthy, because, as the ...

Cormac McCarthy albums  

Cormac McCarthy CD discography  

Cormac McCarthy discography  

Cormac McCarthy CD discography McCarthy's second collection for the Green Linnet label is much stronger than his previous release and is really worth seeking out. The stories in the songs are more finely ...

Cormac McCarthy albums McCarthy delivers rich, strong vocals and is backed by Patty Larkin, Peter Gallway, Devonsquare, Rich Watson, Bob Thompson, Teg Glendon. His songs are well-written in a folk/pop style. If ...

Cormac McCarthy CD discography Pete Nelson is certainly not the only storytelling folk singer in the business. It has, in fact, become something of a folk reviewer's cliché to compare a singer/songwriter to ...

Cormac McCarthy albums The weariness of "Motels and Planes" captures the bleary existence of the traveling troubadour who swallows the bitter truth that his life's ambition has amounted to isolation. What elevates ...

Cormac McCarthy music CDs This recording documents one performance one night, at a house concert. A house concert is simply a concert in someone's home, instead of a traditional venue. The performance was ...

Cormac McCarthy songs Something I Saw or Thought I Saw is a title that suggests the sometimes uncertain perspective of the characters in Bill Morrissey's songs. His usual reference points are in ...

Cormac McCarthy music CDs SONGS OF MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album. As a singer-songwriter whose reputation rests solely on his own compositions, it's an unusual move for Bill Morrissey to record an entire album of someone else's songs. Still, so strong is the influence of country blues legend John Hurt on Morrisey's own work that the result seems as logical as it is satisfying. The artist's creaky, homespun vocal style and simple but nimble fingerpicking lend themselves naturally to these songs, all either written or popularized by Hurt. One can't accuse Morrissey of turning Hurt's music into a museum piece, though. While many of the tunes are traditional guitar-and-vocal exercises, several are updated/transformed via the addition of great New Orleans musicians on drums, piano, horns and more. Recorded at Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana. Includes liner notes by ...