ARTIST: Marco Joachim
TITLE: Songville
LABEL: CD Baby
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 35:51 min
SIZE: 42,2 MB
RIP DATE: Jan-21-2008
RELEASE DATE: Nov-20-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. There 03:34
02. Through A Window 03:35
03. Go Ahead 03:24
04. Dream Away 04:29
05. The Cuckoo 03:46
06. Humpty Dumpty 03:05
07. A Love Like This 03:03
08. Wizard's Ball 02:10
09. Ragtop Willie and His Travellin' Show 04:13
10. The Piper 04:32
Release Notes:
It's something magical to hear Marco Joachim's
latest album. His last album "Changing Times" he
revisited Dylan era folk with mostly acoustic
arrangements. This time around Marco goes in a new
direction with a very musical and whimsical album.
Ear candy abounds from "Songville" with banjos and
fiddles, slide and acoustic guitars. It's a return
to "The Travelling Wilburys" style of music. From
the upbeat opening track mandolin riff to "There"
you know you are in for a something special as your
tour of "Songville" starts. The catchy and romantic
and country fried "Through A Window", flows
melodically along as Marco's observances on a train
are like a singing novel, and then the rocking "Go
Ahead" with "McCartney" style vocals and electric
keyboards.
There is a cinematic quality to his songs.
The symphonic Beatlesque "Dream Away" with
"Strawberry Fields Forever" melotron flutes has been
used tastefully. There's also the classic guitar
solo on this beautiful melodic song.
Marco returns to an acoustic song about world
disorder as the will to move on and grow through all
the madness. Hope manifests itself in the form of
"The Cuckoo" not to be confused with the old folk
song. "Humpty Dumpty" is an Armageddon political
rock out, and then the catchy "A love like This"
which evokes the White Album's lighter side. Next
is an upbeat acoustic song "Wizard's Ball" with
great banjo by Pete Schwimmer. "Ragtop Willie And
His Travellin Show" about a medicine show in the
old West. The final "The Piper' is a song about
today's climate of living with war.
"Songville" is a nice place to visit and possibly
even stay. A mythical place between British pop,
American acoustic, and country. Joachim's heartfelt
vocals and Jon Gordon's musical contributions make
this a must buy.