Kate Rusby - Hourglass
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Free Music Review: Buy it...
Hit: 5 Stars
For "I am stretched on your grave," THE most moving rendition of a traditional song that I have ever heard, and also for the way she says "love."Free Music Review: What can I say....
Hit: 5 Stars
Just listen to "Annan Waters" to make sure that you are listening to the best folk-album from (in)the last two years...... every song a JEWEL!!!!Free Music Review: ....angelic
Hit: 4 Stars
If I ever Needed a gentle soothing voice to lull me to sleep at nights, Kate Rusby would be right there by my side. English folk sensation has put together some very formular traditional songs with her own personal touches to them...how many more times will "I Am Stretched On Your Grave" be covered.Although I like all three of Kate Rusby's c.d's "Hourglass" is my personal favorite and it isn't only my favorite of hers but of any folk c.d in general and I have never been deeply rooted in the folk genre before then, she just may of changed that for me.
What distiguishes the three is only one song "A Rose In April". I like all the songs but "A Rose In April" literally hits you and you can't help but feel the tragedy it holds...it tugs at the heart strings and never lets go. There are some uptempo songs and cheerful songs,"Sir Eglamore", "Jolly Ploughboys" and "Stananivy/Jack And Jill" are very good.
I don't think you really need to be a avid folk listener to appreciate this c.d, it's a great c.d to unwind to your day and not have something or someone screaming at you...you have had enough of that through out the day as is.
Free Music Review: a great emerging talent
Hit: 4 Stars
She seems poised to pick up the mantle of Nic Jones. No small praiseFree Music Review: a promising debut
Hit: 3 Stars
Kate Rusby's deeply affecting voice, though it sounds like it only in the most general sense, brings the late and lamented Sandy Denny's to mind in its understated beauty, grace, and power. Those of us who love traditional music can only rejoice that this talented young woman has chosen folk music (and not "folk music" in the singing/songwriting sense of navel-gazing acoustic pop). One suspects that this CD, good as it is (its spare, tasteful arrangements border on perfection), only hints at what is to come. As it is, it's surely an impressive debut. When the song is a familiar one, as in the often-recorded "As I Roved Out," Rusby gets to its heart and makes it new. But when it's something unfamiliar, most notably "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" (as sad and despairing as it sounds), the effect can be close to overwhelming. On the other hand, the countryish "Radio Sweethearts" sounds a tad out of place, and while decent enough, her reading of the sea shantey "Old Riley" lacks the punch of some other versions (I think particularly of the Oyster Band's). All in all, though, this is a good and satisfying recording. I look forward to the next one, which we have reason to hope will fulfill the considerable promise of this one.