Letters from Sinners & Strangers
- 艺人
- Eilen Jewell
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Signature
- 发行时间
- 2007年01月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
There's an off-the-cuff manner to the opening songs of Eilen Jewell's Letters from Sinners & Strangers that makes the album easy to like. She builds "Rich Man's World" around bits and pieces of older folk songs, leaving the listener with the impression that she might have heard the song -- somewhere -- before. She follows with Eric Andersen's "Dusty Boxcar Walls," a song that likewise echoed Andersen's folk influences. Jewell's lazy Southern delivery on Letters from Sinners & Strangers, backed by full-band arrangements, reminds one of a mellower version of the Tarbox Ramblers' self-titled release. Like the Ramblers, Jewell delivers her version of traditional folk without slavishly replicating the old music in a familiar way, pulling the music into a more relevant present; unlike the Ramblers, she mixes oldies with originals and, arrangement-wise, is capable of replicating everything from Western swing crossed with rock ("Heartache Boulevard") to jazzy blues ("High Shelf Booze"). Jerry Miller's electric guitar spices up the texture of songs like "Where They Never Say Your Name," while Daniel Kellar's violin underpins the emotional depth of songs like "In the End." Jewell delivers a mellow version of Dylan's "Walking Down the Line" before closing with the sassy, upbeat "Blue Highway." Jewell's low-key, off-the-cuff strategy works well from beginning to end on Letters from Sinners & Strangers, delivering a fine contemporary folk album.
最新简评（共2条）
- @翼想天开：Where They Never Say Your Name
- @TheSouthface：若隐若现的西部片中常听到的那种吉他拨弦是我最喜欢的部分，多出一份诙谐苍凉和不羁，还有提琴伴奏下的编排太有味道了，尽管这张似乎是翻唱的但质量上乘，更别提Eilen至始至终感性平稳的嗓音显得如此的逍遥自在，随性迷人，除此还有优美细腻精致的乡摇小曲穿插其间，everything is so perpect and classic