Crooked Still - Hop High
ARTIST.....: Crooked Still
TITLE......: Hop High
LABEL......: Signature Sound
URL........: www.crookedstill.com
RIP DATE...: Apr-23-2007
STORE DATE.: Apr-24-2007
GENRE......: Folk
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 46,2 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Darling Corey 03:42
02 - Angeline The Baker 04:13
03 - Last Fair Deal Gone Down 04:29
04 - Orphan Girl 02:41
05 - Lonesome Road 03:18
06 - Old Virginia 04:05
07 - Flora 04:06
08 - Look On And Cry 03:40
09 - Lulu Gal 02:42
10 - Rank Stranger 04:30
11 - Shady Grove 03:48
─────
41:14 min
Release Notes:
Crooked Still isn't reinventing anything on its debut album, which
is full of traditional country songs like "Darling Corey," "Shady
Grove," and "Flora" (aka "The Lily of the West"), and some
familiar copyrighted ones, such as Robert Johnson's "Last Fair
Deal Gone Down" and Albert E. Brumley's "Rank Stranger." To the
extent there is anything unusual about the quartet's approach, it
lies in the instrumentation, which consists of banjo, cello, and
double bass, backing Aoife O'Donovan's singing. That's not the
most typical lineup for a string band, and it allows space for the
three instrumentalists to solo extensively. Still, the group is
more about execution than innovation. The players, augmented on a
couple of tracks each by fiddle and percussion, mesh well into a
band sound, and O'Donovan has a breathy voice reminiscent of Shawn
Colvin and Alison Krauss. Together, they give the material a
spirited reading that affirms its time-tested quality. So, the
members of Crooked Still succeed in being both traditionalists and
stylists on their debut album, a significant accomplishment for a
young outfit.