Carrie Newcomer - The Geography Of Light (2008)

Carrie Newcomer "The Geography Of Light"
MP3 | Average VBR 218 Kbps 44100 Stereo | 49:33 | 81.70Mb
2008 | Genre: Country | Folk | Songwriter

The Geography of Light features both the luscious acoustic contemporary folk that drew me to Newcomer on her first solo album, Visions and Dreams, as well as the storytelling that brings to life the characters described, as on her last album, Regulars and Refugees. The album also contains songs that focus on spirituality, as she has done in the past. Newcomer's take on modern, progressive spirituality is accessible for people of many faiths, and she approaches it with the same sensitivity that she brings to all of her songwriting. In fact, if one is not paying close attention, the songs seem to stem more from basic human truths than any sort of discernible theology.
At this point, the quality of the music on a Carrie Newcomer album is almost a given, so one ends up being drawn more to the words than to the unwaveringly appropriate musical adornments they are given to wear. Such as with the song, "Geode." Inspired by the plethora of geodes found in the southern Indiana countryside that she calls home, the song speaks to the truth of the common human experience, and how we're all beautiful and unique on the inside, regardless of what our outer shells may look like.

I have been intrigued by the use of the bouzouki in contemporary folk music over the past decade or so. It has similar kind of delicately plucked quality as a mandolin, but the notes can be sustained longer, thus not requiring the frantic vibrato-like strumming that is traditionally done on the mandolin. This is the perfect counterpoint to the melody sung by Newcomer on "Two Toasts," and it is another example of the thoughtful arrangements that characterize her catalog of music. She makes use of the instrument throughout the album, and seems to have easily incorporated it into her songwriting. With the first pull of the bow across a violin strings and the pluck of an acoustic guitar, I knew immediately that The Geography of Light was going to be everything that I love about Carrie Newcomer's music. Warm, inviting, and as comfortable as an old pair of jeans.

Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki); Chris Wagoner (vocals, lap steel guitar, dobro, ukulele, violin, viola); Mary Gaines (vocals, baritone ukulele, cello); Krista Detor (vocals, field organ); Michael White (vocals); Keith Skooglund (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Slats Klug (harmonica, accordion, piano); Anne Corrigan (English horn); Gary Walters (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Jeff Hedback (upright bass, electric bass); Jim Brock (drums, percussion).

Track List:

01 - There Is A Tree
02 - The Clean Edge Of Change
03 - A Map Of Shadows
04 - Geodes
05 - Two Toasts
06 - Where You Been
07 - Biscuits And Butter
08 - A Mean Kind Of Justice
09 - Leaves Don't Drop (They Just Let Go)
10 - You'd Think By Now
11 - One Woman And A Shovel
12 - Lazarus
13 - Throw Me A Line
14 - Don't Push Send

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