ARTiST: Devon Sproule
TiTLE: Keep Your Silver Shined
LABEL: Waterbug Records
GENRE: Folk
TiME: 34:06 min
SiZE: 42,2 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Mar-19-2007
RELEASE DATE: Apr-17-2007
WEBSiTE: www.devonsproule.com
Track List:
01. Old Virginia Block 03:17
02. Keep Your Silver Shined 03:49
03. 1340 Chesapeake St 03:02
04. Let's Go Out 02:53
05. The Well-Dressed Son To His Sweetheart 03:05
06. Eloise & Alex 03:30
07. Does The Day Feel Long? 03:27
08. Dress Sharp, Play Well, Be Modest 04:26
09. Stop By Anytime 03:37
10. The Weeping Willow 03:00
Release Notes:
Devon Sproule (rhymes with role), Virginia
singer-songwriter/guitarist, creates vintage music
reflecting a comprehensive appreciation for American
popular and folk song traditions. Sproule's previous
effort, Upstate Songs (City Salvage) was included in
Rolling Stone's Critics Top Albums of 2003. From the
gleeful back porch thump of "Old Virginia Block" to
the classic jazz standard treatment of "Let's Go
Out," to the high lonesome traditional "Weeping
Willow," featuring harmony vocals by Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Keep Your Silver Shined establishes Devon
Sproule as an able sister-in-arms to Erin McKeown,
Andrew Bird, and others who are both reviving and
re-creating older musical forms. Raised on Canadian
folk music, 50s doo-wop, and The Beatles, Sproule
spent her childhood on a 465-acre, 100-member
commune, founded in the 60's, in rural Virginia.
After moving between private, public and home
schooling, she dropped out of high school, recorded
her first project, and began touring nationally, all
before the age of eighteen. Sproule has shared
stages with: Dan Bern, Kelly Joe Phelps, Erin
McKeown, the Dave Matthews Band, David Gray and Mary
Chapin Carpenter. "That's me in the middle," Devon
Sproule laughs, pointing to the cover, "Not the
pregnant one. One thing at a time!"