Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
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Free Music Notes for The Trinity Session
Free Music Review: You won't regret buying this!
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember in 1989 watching Saturday Night Live and getting ready to shut it off, when the special musical guest came on COWBOY JUNKIES. The first song they sang was Misguided Angel, I saw eight people playing with their entire soul for all to see. I still remember how Margo Timmins trembled with every note. I have been a diehard ever since. Margo has one of the best voices in popular music ( I would say that she is the Billie Holiday or Patsy Cline of our time.)Her bother Mike is songwriter with few rivals, and he is one of the most imaginative guitar players ever. This record is special, recorded in one sitting, no retakes into on single microphone. The Trintiy Church where it was recorded is an accoustic chathedral. It is impossible to describe the effect this had. It brought out the newance of the band well and Margo's voice is at center stage.
Great remakes such as Blue moon and So Lonesome I Could Cry and yes Sweet Jane. These cover tunes are done with respect for the artist who first recorded them and with a Junkies flavor that makes them seem like they were recorded for the first time by someone who loved them.
Great originals like Post Card Blues and I don't Get it!
A must have!
Free Music Review: The record that made them famous
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember in 1989 watching Saturday Night Live and gettingready to shut it off, when the special musical guest came on COWBOYJUNKIES. The first song they sang was Misguided Angel, I saw eight people playing with their entire soul for all to see. I still remember how Margo Timmins trembled with every note. I have been a diehard ever since. Margo has one of the best voices in popular music ( I would say that she is the Billie Holiday or Patsy Cline of our time.)Her bother Mike is songwriter with few rivals, and he is one of the most imaginative guitar players ever. This record is special, recorded in one sitting, no retakes into on single microphone. The Trintiy Church where it was recorded is an accoustic chathedral. It is impossible to describe the effect this had. It brought out the newance of the band well and Margo's voice is at center stage. Great remakes such as Blue moon and So Lonesome I Could Cry and yes Sweet Jane. These cover tunes are done with respect for the artist who first recorded them and with a Junkies flavor that makes them seem like they were recorded for the first time by someone who loved them. Great originals like Post Card Blues and I don't Get it! A must have!Free Music Review: OPUS TWO
Hit: 5 Stars
Twelve years now that Cowboy Junkies's THE TRINITY SESSION has been released and has begun to haunt my library. And still, I listen to this record two or three times a year. And at each listening, I'm amazed like the first time. The discovery of the peculiar sound of this canadian band has been one of the greatest musical pleasures of my life.Unlike in the totally blues dedicated WHITES OFF EARTH NOW! , Cowboy Junkies's THE TRINITY SESSION presents 5 songs composed by Michaël Timmins. And these are pure pearls. "Misguided angel" and "200 More Miles" are instant standards. It's not blues anymore, it's the Cowboy Junkies's sound : a kind of slow-motion rock'roll, desperate musical journeys into a nowhere land.
Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" and Rodgers and Hart's "Blue Moon" are, in my opinion, the definitive versions of these songs. The Junkies adopt for THE TRINITY SESSION the harmonica, a country musical instrument by essence, which was absent on the first album. Married with the tortured guitar of Michaël Timmins, this instrument adds a priceless value to the already particular sound of the band.
A CD for your library.
Free Music Review: Classic, Timeless--A Must Have
Hit: 5 Stars
Margo Timmins has a voice that can reach into the heart and into the soul. Her vocals grab hold and they do not let go. Who would have ever believed that a CD recorded so simply and sparely in a Toronto Anglican Church would live to become a classic? But this CD is most definitely a classic. "Misguided Angel" has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written and ever sung. The heartache and the passion that are so clear in Margo's vocals make this a frequent request at Junkies' concerts. Margo and the Junkies' version of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is mournful and slow; it is a definitive version of the song. Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" may be the most well known track in the Junkies' repertoire, and rightly so. It is haunting. If artists hope to create a mood with their CD's, then this recording works exquisitely. Cowboy Junkies have gone on to record several follow-up CD's, all of them excellent; but there is something special about this CD. Buy it, listen to it--let it pull you in. For whatver reason or for no reason at all--other than its sheer brilliance--this recording belongs in your collection.Free Music Review: Quiet greatness...
Hit: 5 Stars
There are some albums that capture a feeling, a mood that is not lost throughout. It's a kind of cohesiveness that is rare and a special thing when it happens. Examples I have seen are "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis, and "The Blues and the Abstract Truth" by Oliver Nelson- both jazz albums that send you to another world when you give them your full attention. This album fits right into that niche. Every song echoes and resonates, calling attention to all the little details. An occasional harmonica blast is more powerful than most guitar onslaughts I have heard in other genres, as it contrasts sharply with the quiet ringing guitar parts. The famous track, "Sweet Jane," is among my favorites here, but "I Don't Get It" is just as strong- in fact, every track is. This is a keeper and a classic, and moreover a moment where everything just came together for one small band in a big way for whatever reason. Those moments are rare (nowadays, bands like Wilco and Iron & Wine are having them, but not many others) and you should hold on to them when you find them.
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