Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem - Big Old Life (c) 2007 Signature Sounds Recording
Artist....: Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Album.....: Big Old Life
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 12
Genre.....: Folk
Label.....: Signature Sounds Recording Co
Catalogue#: SIG 2005
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7425443/a/Big+Old+Life.htm
Tracklist:
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01 Joy Comes Back 03:54
02 Big Old Life 03:42
03 Red Haired Boy 02:35
04 Roses 04:22
05 What's That 03:46
06 Thief 04:49
07 Heart With No Compassion 04:25
08 Oil In My Vessel 03:31
09 Farewell, Angelina 04:28
10 Mother Of Our Dreams 04:31
11 Hole In Heaven 03:08
12 Shine On 03:37
Total:52,2 MB / 46:48 min
Release Notes:
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Big Old Life is an album bursting with fun and exuberance, the quartet
known as Daisy Mayhem balancing a tight sound with spirit that
translates perfectly through stereo headphones. "Joy Comes Back," a
song composed by Sean Staples of the band the Resophonics (a group with
Paul Kochanski of the Swinging Steaks to give the reader a point of
reference) opens this terrific blend of old and new sounds with
something that can only be described as gospel music played at a
hootenanny. Deb Pasternak, Polly Fiveash, Rose Sinclair and Indra
Rios-Moore all add to the backing vocals, which make it sound like a
big old party, as much as a big old life. And speaking of the title
track, Loretta Lynn would be proud of this Arbo original, Anand Nayak's
smart guitar playing halfway to Hawaii, the hootenanny morphing into a
luau. The traditional "Red Haired Boy," with lyrics by Rani Arbo, is an
interesting role reversal while the cover of "Thief" gives the music a
180, bluesy and deep, an eloquent change of pace from the incessant
up-tempo "mayhem." Leonard Cohen's "Heart with No Companion" has Andrew
Kinsey's banjo front and center with Arbo's fiddle falling in and
rounding out the mood. Bob Dylan's "Farewell, Angelina" has an
interesting production by the band and Chris Rival, harmonica from Ben
Ross and the fiddle-gone-wild giving Zimmerman something different to
think about. The cardboard fold-out cover is chock-full of pictures
like the band is auditioning for a Beatles or Herman's Hermits film,
photos with smiles that reflect the very polished and exciting work
within. In the '80s and '90s Boston had a regional act called Country
Bumpkin which had the buzz and were a favorite for quite some time.
Daisy Mayhem fill that void nicely while front woman Rani Arbo proves
she could be the Kitty Wells of the new millennium by delivering this
heartfelt disc which is very deserving of your time and ear.