Ain't Life A Brook By Ferron

Ferron has had one of the more difficult to follow careers even among singer/songwriters who emerged in the late '70s and early '80s, a time when singer/songwriters were no longer in fashion. She released her first two albums, Ferron (1977) ...

Track Listing: Ain't Life a Brook; Alice Says Yes; Chosen Ones, The; Dazzle the Beast; Easy with Love; I Am Hungry; Primitive Future; Signals and Messages; Still Riot; Takes a Little Time; Takes a Little Time; Venus as Appearances;

Ferron's percussive/acoustic pain takes folk and traditional sounds on "Bellybowl," the only tune produced by her on this set, and brings them to Marianne Faithfull's plateau without the heavy thunder of Faithfull's rock band. It's a dizzying array of styles ...

Recording information: Great American Music Hall. Personnel: Ferron (vocals, guitar). Audio Mixer: Michael Lord.

Track Listing: Chosen Ones; Alice Says Yes; Venus As Appearances; Still Riot; Primitive Future; Takes a Little Time; Takes a Little Time; Ain't Life a Brook; I Am Hungry; Dazzle the Beast; Signals and Messages; Easy With Love;

On her ninth album (her fifth of the 1990s), Ferron continued to explore life's detail with a sort of desperate hopefulness, repeating over and over on the title track, "There is a way through constant sorrow," and seeking that way ...

Ferron's percussive/acoustic pain takes folk and traditional sounds on "Bellybowl," the only tune produced by her on this set, and brings them to Marianne Faithfull's plateau without the heavy thunder of Faithfull's rock band. It's a dizzying array of styles ...

Recording information: Great American Music Hall. Personnel: Ferron (vocals, guitar). Audio Mixer: Michael Lord.

Track Listing: Almost Kissed; Rosalee; Our Purpose Here; Who Loses; Testimony; Bellybowl; Satin Blouse; O Baby; Misty Mountain; Ain't Life a Brook;

Ferron's percussive/acoustic pain takes folk and traditional sounds on "Bellybowl," the only tune produced by her on this set, and brings them to Marianne Faithfull's plateau without the heavy thunder of Faithfull's rock band. It's a dizzying array of styles ...