Triflemore <triflemore>

Inserisci un commento

Reviews | Triflemore145 giorni fa
 
Triflemore | Words from Notes

Haunting lo-fi folk

Two distant souls, one in small town America, the other in the Shetland Islands, find they've something in common musically and lyrically and make a CD without ever meeting in person--welcome to the cyber world of Susan Rhea and Owen Goudie. This is no amateur affair, the picking guitar style of Goudie is faultlessly relaxing and the ethereal vocals of Rhea literally take you into the clouds. Her voice, already compared to Joni Mitchell at her best, blends magically with the picked notes as if they are one, hence perhaps the title WORDS FROM NOTES. The album is a joy to relax to. If it could be faulted, then its uniformity is its partial undoing, so much so that it is hard to find a stand-out track, whilst similarly, it is hard to find a low point. If anything, the Jansch-like Stranger, which features Goudie on vocals, breaks the mould refreshingly. This minor trifling criticism apart, if you like a spot of classical guitar with a Celtic feel, then this is folk music for your soul. Try Illuminate and Goudfield for tasters, if they float your boat, then it's green for go.


-Maverick Magazine
 inserito da Triflemore 

Inserisci un commento