Artist.......: Jenny Whiteley
Album........: Dear
Label........: Black Hen Music
Genre........: Folk
Catnr........: BHM-CD-940
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: nov.-05-2007
str.date.....: sep.-19-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.jennywhiteley.com
track title time
01. Indoor Lightning 03:33
02. Banjo Girl 02:13
03. Unsung 03:25
04. Heart of Gold 05:01
05. Write Me Away 04:21
06. Take Your Time and Do It Right 03:16
07. Other Side of Life 03:44
08. Yellow Couch 03:33
09. Four Storey Story 04:16
10. You're the One 02:41
11. Every Minute That Your'e in It 02:17
12. When It Rains I Pour 04:34
Runtime 42:54 min
Size 57,2 MB
Release Notes:
Jenny Whiteley has been one of the great success
stories on the Canadian folk scene in recent years.
Her self-titled debut album, released in 2000, won
the Juno Award--the Junos are the Canadian version
of the Grammys--for best roots/traditional album by
a solo artist. So did Hopetown, her second album
from 2004. Now, the daughter of noted
folk/country/blues/jazz musician Chris Whiteley,
and the niece of the equally eclectic Ken Whiteley,
returns with a third fine album whose songs mainly
encompass folk, rootsy pop and alt-country
influences.
Jenny is a very good songwriter. Among the
highlights on this CD is "Banjo Girl," an
irresistible old-timey romp featuring some great
clawhammer banjo playing by Chris Coole, harmony
vocals by Joey Wright, who is her husband, and
mandolin playing by Dan Whiteley, her brother.
Another is "Other Side of Life," a classic-sounding
country duet with Canadian blues singer Jim Byrnes.
Perhaps my favorite, though, is the album's closer,
"When It Rains I Pour," a heart-breaker that Jenny
delivers perfectly before the studio musicians, led
by producer Steve Dawson, bring up the tempo in
multi-tracked jam session ending that does not
detract at all from the song itself.
Along with her own songs, Jenny also offers a nice
version of "Heart of Gold," an early-1980s song
written by Ray Davies of the Kinks and her father's
"Take Your Time and Do It Right," a song that's
been a folk favorite in Canada for many years.--MR