2007-01-12
Folk/pop songstress Erin McKeown delivers a great, out-of-leftfield set of jazz standards with a four-piece combo (guitar, keyboards, bass, drums). What makes this work is her hip delivery of the lyrics and some excellently obscure song choices to go along with more recognizable tunes. You get Cole Porter and Johnny Mercer here, but you also get the organ-buzz of the title track, an unexpected reading of "Paper Moon" and the gems "I was a Little Too Lonely" and "Rhode Island is Famous for You" (my favorite of the set). An "A" for her jazz music thesis. 01/07 MJVD J-RootsLucy Woodward
Til They Bang On The Door
JOHN MCCUTCHEON
This Land: Woodie Guthrie's America
BOBTOWN
Trouble I Wrought
MATT FLINNER TRIO
Winter Harvest
LINDA CHORNEY
Emotional Jukebox (2-CD Set)
RAMBLIN’ JACK ELLIOT
I Stand Alone
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