Joan Baez - Day After Tomorrow
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Artist: Joan BaezEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-09-09
Music Label: Razor & Tie
Soundtracks:
- God Is God (Steve Earle)
- Rose of Sharon (Eliza Gilkyson)
- Scarlet Tide (Elvis Costello & Joseph Henry Burnett)
- Day After Tomorrow (Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan)
- Henry Russell's Last Words (Diana Jones)
- I Am A Wanderer (Steve Earle)
- Mary (Patty Griffin)
- Requiem (Eliza Gilkyson)
- The Lower Road (Thea Gilmore)
- Jericho Road (Steve Earle)
Free Music Notes for Day After Tomorrow
Free Music Review: Joan Baez keeps on bringing great new music
Hit: 4 Stars
Let me admit upfront that I hadn't listened to a Joan Baez studio album proper in ages. So when I heard bits and pieces of this album not long ago, I was really surprised at what I heard and decided I really needed to check this out in more detail. Boy, am I glad I did.
"Day After Tomorrow" (10 tracks; 37 min.) has Steve Earle's fingers all over it: he produced the album, and also contributes 3 tracks (2 of which were specifically written for this). Given that Baez has been touring with Earle in recent years, none of this should be a surprise. "God Is God", one of those Earle-songs, opens the album beautifully. "Scarlett Tide" is a cover of an Elvis Costello/T-Bone Burnett song, and almost surpasses the original (sung by Alison Krauss). The title track is a beautiful acoustic song, just Joan and her guitar. "I Am a Wanderer" is another of the Earle-songs, a whistful yet playful tune. "Mary" is a nice Patty Griffin cover. The stand-out track on here, though, is the album closer: a cover of Earle's "Jericho Road" (from his 2003 "Washington Square Serenade" album), which I find frankly better than the original song, and that's saying something.
In all, I can't emphasize enough how pleasantly surprised I've been by this album. When this came out last September, Joan Baez was 67, and this album truly belies her age. Not unlike, say, her contemporary Bob Dylan, who himself is coming out later this month with a highly anticipated new album, "Together Through Life". Meanwhile, "Day After Tomorrow" is highly recommended!
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2008 marks Joan Baex 50th anniversary as a recording artist. The album was produced by the legendary Steve Earle. Joan gives her distinct interpretations to songs from Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, Patty Griffin and more. Razor and Tie.Fifty years after the start of her career, Joan Baez remains as committed to her twin muses of art and politics as ever. On Day After Tomorrow, her stunning collaboration with Steve Earle, she continues to find and interpret some of the finest contemporary songs of social injustice and spiritual salvation, often showcasing the work of others, much as she did Bob Dylan in his salad days. Earle, who sits in the producer's chair, plays guitar, sings occasional harmony, and contributes three songs (including the stirring "I Am a Wanderer"), has assembled a perfect clutch of players, yet all here, including Earle, stay out of the way and bow to Baez. 67 years old at the time of recording, Baez is always compelling, bringing the weight of her lifetime of activism to each song. She shines brightest on Tom Waits' heartbreaking title tune and on Jones's wrenching "Henry Russell's Last Words," the real-life tragedy of a miner. One of the beauties of this effort is that in keeping Baez utterly modern in the choice of material and the employment of acoustic instruments and simple production values, Earle has also made a record that returns her in spirit and message to her great albums of the '60s. Inspired, and inspiring. -- Alanna Nash
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