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Artist | Nanci Griffith
Title | Intersection
Genre | Folk Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 36:40
Label | Hell No Records Store | 2012
Catalog | 467472 Rip | 2016
Bitrate | 252 kbps Size | 69.81 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Bethlehem Steel 2:36
02. Never Going Back 3:16
03. Intersection 2:36
04. Waiting On A Dark Eyed Gal 3:34
05. Hell No (I'm Not Alright) 2:22
06. Stranded In The High Ground 2:49
07. If I Could Only Fly 5:09
08. Just Another Morning Here 3:55
09. Bad Seed 2:44
10. Davey's Last Picture 2:55
11. Come On Up Mississippi 1:58
12. High On A Mountain Top 2:46
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Straddling the fine line between folk and country music, Nanci Griffith has
become as well-known for her brilliant, confessional songwriting as her
beautiful voice. A self-styled 'folkabilly' singer, Griffith began as a
kindergarten teacher and occasional folksinger. The country scene took her
to heart in the mid-80s, giving her a reputation as a quality songwriter
through hit covers of Griffith's songs by Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss.
Finding no luck with commercial country radio however, Griffith recorded
several pop-oriented albums and then returned to her folk roots by the
mid-90s.
Songwriter Nanci Griffith's "Intersection" is the mirror image of her last
album, 2009's "The Loving Kind". Where that album dealt with issues of hope
in struggle and the transformative power of love to overcome even the most
monumental of obstacles, "Intersection", by contrast, is a record about
struggle (personal and political), loneliness, and losses. Recorded at her
home studio in Nashville with co-producers Pete and Maura Kennedy and Pat
McInerney, the 12 songs here were cut by this small group with a handful of
sporadic guests filling out the roster.
The centerpiece seems to be "Hell No (I'm Not Alright)", which has been
branded a political song. Its uptempo, Buddy Holly-influenced shimmy is, in
reality, a deeply personal one; a raging kiss-off to a former lover.
"Bethlehem Steel" was written immediately after performing in front of the
long abandoned mill in the Pennsylvania city that inspired Billy Joel's
"Allentown"; its images, poetry, and clear focus get to the heart of her
subject and remind us that Griffith is no ordinary songwriter. While she
gets some of the song's cultural and historical references wrong, they
don't distract from its devastating truth.
The title cut is a testament to the hard times Griffith has endured - she
doesn't name them but they include two different bouts with cancer, loss of
family, friends, and romantic tragedies - the grit of real life. Her
matter-of-fact tenderness in embracing it all is part of what has endeared
her to fans; its poetry and warm, seamless meld of acoustic and electric
guitars underscore her trademarks. Her reading of Blaze Foley's "If I Could
Only Fly", is a fitting tribute to Austin's late outsider songman. "Just
Another Morning Here" is from earlier in Griffith's career, but this
version is definitive, seasoned as it is by hard-won wisdom.
"Come On Up Mississippi", the only overtly political song on the recording,
carries a fife-and-drum band percussive march by McInerney, and features
blues slide guitar from Pete Kennedy as well as a backing choir. The set
closes with a stomping country-bluegrass cover of Loretta Lynn's "High on a
Mountain Top." Admirers of Griffith's earliest recordings will no doubt
delight in "Intersection" as much for its familiarity as the quality of its
songwriting and performances.
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