Sarah Borges - Silver City
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Artist: Sarah BorgesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-03-08
Music Label: Blue Corn Music
Soundtracks:
- All This Weight
- Daniel Lee
- Same Old 45
- Mellow Doubt
- Ring In The Shape Of A Heart
- On The Corner
- Miss Mary
- I'm Gonna LIve The Life I Sing About In My Song
- 6 Feet Deep
- Pious Proud
- Think Of What You've Done
- Streetwise Man
Free Music Notes for Silver City
Free Music Review: A Great Debut Album
Hit: 4 Stars
This woman has the power!
I ordinarily won't listen to "country" music. Indeed, I usually go out of my way to avoid it. (Okay, okay, I have a bit of a soft spot for Patsy Cline, and I have been known to listen to a little Hank Williams and Johnny Cash once or twice a year, but that's it. I swear.)
But Sarah Borges is. . . Man, she rocks!
She is tough. She is raw. She is passion. And she sings straight from her heart to yours.
She doesn't mess around, and she gives it to you strong.
When I first heard this CD it was like plugging into a high-voltage socket. And it stays that way! All twelve tracks are electric quality and worth repeated listening. In fact, her song Daniel Lee is now the most played song on my MP3 player, even ahead of my favorites: Howlin' Wolf, Jimi Hendrix, and Loreena McKennitt.
In this, her debut album, she sings and plays her guitar like her spirit is on fire. And her backup cast provides powerful support behind her, giving her a strong foundation from which she can, and does, launch her musical spirit.
I called her music "country", but to be honest that's not really correct. Twang-rock or punk-country is probably more on target. But whatever you call it, one thing is for sure: Sarah Borges kicks a**!
A superior album. This CD is worth going out of your way to get your hands on. [It really is worth 4.5 stars, but Amazon won't let me choose 4.5 stars.]
Silver City Poster
Don't be fooled by the steel guitar on practically every track. This spirited debut by Boston's Sarah Borges owes more to punk rock than honky-tonk, with an attitude closer to Chrissie Hynde than Patsy Cline. "Good things come to those who can't wait," sings Borges on the opening "All This Weight." She proceeds to bring a breathy urgency to highlights such as "Daniel Lee" and "On the Corner," matching the joyride recklessness of her backing musicians (including Jake Brennan & the Confidence Men and Blood Oranges mandolinist Jimmy Ryan). Though propulsive rockers dominate this Paul Q. Kolderie production, there's a tender vulnerability to "Mellow Doubt" and "Pious Proud," ballads that suggest a softer side to Borges. Amid all the songs of fast living and hard loving, her torchy reading of "I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song" gives it a spin that gospel composer Thomas Dorsey never intended. --Don McLeeseA stunning set of songs exploring American music in all its many aspects. You'll hear everyone from Hank Williams to The Pixies, but it never sounds forced. Legendary producer Paul Q. Kolderie (Radiohead, Uncle Tupelo, Hole, Pixies) pulls it all together into a muscular, rocking sound that has a sometimes surprisingly tender core. Borges' songwriting range is most impressive in someone so young, and the songs are given ample breathing room by her band, which includes ex-Blood Oranges multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Ryan. "Silver City" is sure to emerge as one of the most striking debuts of the year.
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