2006-05-08
The songs of Janove Ottensen's solo album, Francis' Lonely Nights, paint a series of portraits that go far beyond the standard singer/songwriter fare. These stories are complemented by arrangements that take unexpected turns and provide the perfect frame for the pictures the lyrics create. Ottesen hails Byrne, Norway--population 7000.
PROFESSOR LOUIE AND THE CROWMATIX
Whispering Pines
OTHER LIVES
Other Lives
LUKE DOUCET
Broken (and other rogue states)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Ray Lamontagne
- Gossip in the Grain
STEVE WYNN AND THE MIRACLE THREE
…tick…tick…tick
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