William Elliott Whitmore: Field Songs
Field Songs
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: Anti
- Bestellnummer: 2276547
- Erscheinungstermin: 8.7.2011
* Digipack
Product Information
On his forthcoming new album Field Songs, due out July 12th on Anti-Records, impassioned troubadour William Elliott Whitmore documents a vanishing American landscape with all the heartfelt soul and quiet fury one would hope for. “Heartland firebrand blows fuse, fights for truth" heralded Spin Magazine when describing Whitmore, who utilizes a powerful singing voice beyond his years and a stark dramatic sound rooted in bluegrass, blues and folk protest music. The new songs vividly evoke a life of struggle, humble resilience and family bond undoubtedly inspired by life on his family’s farm along the Mississippi River.
William Elliott Whitmore has been building a reputation as an absolutely stirring live performer able to convert crowds with just his banjo and voice. Creative Loafing stated, "Whitmore writes songs as honest as Abe Lincoln, takes to the road to share these songs with rooms full of people who’ve likely never heard them, and turns these strangers into fanatics nightly" while the Seattle Times offered, “You hear the diesel engine growl of his voice, the century of blues and folk tradition behind his banjo-driven stomps, the everyday relevance of his lyrics, and you succumb."
William Elliot Whitmore is currently traversing the country with his songs of humble defiance on the completely sold out acoustic tour with rock singer Chris Cornell. (anti. com)
Rezensionen
,,"Bury Your Burdens In The Ground" fordert er im gleichnamigen ersten Song auf. Die Folk-Melodie klingt ganz wunderbar optimistisch in ihren Akkordwechseln. Es scheint, als wollte er diesmal dem Tod seinen Schrecken nehmen, so beschwört er zu Banjo und Akustik-Gitarre immer wieder Hoffnung. Die ganz große Hymne ist ,,We'll Carry On", das Finale ,,Not Feeling Any Pain" erinnert melodisch an ,,Desolation Row"." (Stereo, August 2011)
,,Acht einfache, jeder Modernität enthobene Songs aus dem Heartland, das doch drauf und dran ist, sein Herz zu verlieren." (Rolling Stone, August 2011)
,,William Elliot Whitmore besingt hier zwar ein verschwindendes Amerika, tut dies aber ohne jede Süßlichkeit. Erstaunlich dabei, wie kurzweilig diese Sammlung von acht Songs trotz der asketisch sparsamen Instrumentierung ist - untrügliches Zeichen für starkes Songwriting!" (Musikexpress, August 2011)
,,Whitmore hüllt einmal mehr klassische Melancholie in alte Blues-Folk-Variationen." (stereoplay, September 2011)
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Bury Your Burdens In The Ground
- 2 Field Song
- 3 Don't Need It
- 4 Everything Gets Gone
- 5 Let's Do Something Impossible
- 6 Get There From Here
- 7 We'll Carry On
- 8 Not Feeling Any Pain
