Kate Rusby - Sleepless

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Free Music Notes for Sleepless

Free Music Review: The Voice of Joys and Sorrows returns. Gladly welcome her.
Hit: 5 Stars

Equipped with the voice she is, Rusby can hardly fail -- an instrument capable of wide-eyed wonder, snowy innocence, weary darkness and infinite compassion, often at the same time, Rusby's voice is augmented by her distinct yet endearing phrasing. It lends the words a warm quality.

Of course, then there are the marvelous songs -- the beautiful gaiety of lead track "The Cobbler's Daughter", with its bouncing beat and Rusby's happy vocal ramblings; the lonely flute that accompanies the lone sad voice in "I Wonder What Is Keeping My True Love This Night"; an adaptation of popular ballad "The Unquiet Grave" (though cutting out some of the more grisly, rotting-flesh words in the original ballad); the haunting "Sho Heen", starting out a cappella (an effective device Rusby used on "Sorrows Away" on The Poozies' excellent Infinite Blue album); the giddily romantic "Sweet Bride"; and the choked, touching jealousy/self-consciousness behind the story of "All God's Angels", a duet with Tim O'Brien, whose magnetic, masculine works wonders with Rusby's wary croon. The last three, all originals by Rusby, again show that she is never relegated to doing old songs. Formidable as her interpretation may be, there's much more she can offer. With more exposure, her songs could become the standards of tomorrow. And future Rusbys would credit her for penning them.

If there's justice in the future of music.

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