Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
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Free Music Review: Capturing Lightening in a Bottle
Hit: 5 Stars
This amazing album keeps finding it's way into play more than ten years after first hearing it. It contains the right people recording the right songs in the right place at the right time. If another act tried the same thing, most likely it would fail. In fact if the Junkies themselves tried something like this again, it's possible they would not succeed again. I know these are very strong words of praise, but I've never really heard anything like this collection. The band went to an old church, where they recorded a bunch of songs, some old, some new, with sparse accompanyment. It produces a haunting sound that reminds you somehow of a wide-awake 2 a.m.
It opens with the solo singing if "Mining for Gold" by lead singer Margo Timmins. No accompanyment. It does set the tone to say where their heads are. Call it a warm-up to the next one, "Mining for Gold". This reminds me of Sting's "I'll Be Watching You". With both songs, you can just relax and listen to the mysterious vocals. But if you want to dig into the lyrics, you'll find that both feature creepy male characters who are probably going to do something tragic given enough time. Yet both can also be categorized as romantic songs.
The next number is the album's most interesting, "Blue Moon Revisited". The song starts with some new lyrics with a different melody which convey a tribute to Elvis Presley, one of the many recorders of the song. It follows, one after the other, with two of the finest sounds in recorded history (IMHO). First, you get a two-note (or is it one longer note with the strings bent?) guitar seque into the "Blue Moon" we are more familiar with. But it's not quite that familiar because the second finest song of all time is Margo's ultra-smooth start of the words. This one gets the most play when we pop it in.
The rest of the work alternates between do-overs of classic pop songs, and some of their own material, which is very likeable. While the general sultry, slow tone of the album can sap one's mental energy by the end, all one has to hear is the beginning all over again to be revitalized into listening again.
This is a top-ten for me.
Free Music Review: Impressed!
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this CD used because I liked "Sweet Jane." I heard it on the radio about 15 years or so ago, but was too [out of it] to get the name of the group. I recently heard the song again on a public radio station and ... I was in a better position to get the artist's name. I have never heard of the Cowboy Junkies and I'm not familiar with their other work, but this is a very good CD. The muscians take me back to the day's when country music was good and her vocal range is excellent. In fact, spooky! I'm not sure if country is the right category for this CD, but it's delightfully different!Free Music Review: The best
Hit: 5 Stars
This is it. If you want a mainline into CJ's style and appeal, you can't do any better than this astonishing album. Haunting, beautiful, sad, and melodic, this album captures all the heartbreak you can stand. They have moved beyond this style in recent albums, but there is no dispute: this is it.Free Music Review: Desert Island Disc
Hit: 5 Stars
This disc rightly belongs in the pantheon of the greats. In one of those magical moments, the stars aligned, the air stilled, and the magic came forth. There just isn't enough that you can say about this disc that probably hasn't already been written, but trust me...it's magic, pure and simple. An amazing recording.
Free Music Review: Don't miss this one
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a truly exceptional recording. I was amazed to learn that it was recorded in one session on a single microphone, but that certainly explains the spare, melancholy beauty of this music. Margo Timmins has a cool, introspective voice; she is expertly accompanied by the rest of the band. The result is a sad, atmospheric classic.