Artist.......: Jess Klein
Album........: City Garden
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Folk
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jan-19-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Blood, Sweat, Tears 02:41
02. Make Love 04:16
03. City Garden 04:30
04. Holy Land 04:11
05. Real Live Love 04:49
06. Shell & Shore 04:41
07. Swimming Pool 04:11
08. Middle Road 04:46
09. Alone 04:18
10. All I Ever Had 05:10
11. World Could End 02:36
Runtime 46:09 min
Size 57,1 MB
Release Notes:
"She has one of those voices you want to crawl up
close to the speakers to listen to." --MOJO
Magazine
On her sixth and most unrestrained album City
Garden, Jess Klein reveals everything. "I was at a
really hard point in my life and the only thing I
knew to do to make it easier was to write," said
Klein. "I sat down and the song 'All I Ever Had'
came out, and it felt like a faucet had been turned
on because it was such a release of emotion. The
first night that I performed it, several people
told me it had moved them to tears. I realized that
I wasn't the only one who felt that something had
been released."
Klein said that she wanted every song on this album
to have that same power "to release and to heal."
With her soulful, passionate voice up front, and
lyrics that alternate between searing and
heartbreakingly tender, Klein went for a gritty,
primal production style reminiscent of early blues
albums. As a result, City Garden exudes the
emotional intimacy that has captivated audiences at
Klein's much-lauded live shows, an intimacy which,
coupled with Klein's powerful voice, caused the
Boston Globe to describe her as "Quite simply one
of the most gifted performers this area has
produced."
Klein's impassioned vocals throughout convey the
power of unearthing one's true nature. In the title
track, Klein ruminates on addressing one's fears
and owning the power that lies underneath them:
"Been lookin' at my city garden for almost twelve
months now/I been thinkin' 'bout a bargain/About
tearin' that old fence down."