a r t i s t : K.C. Mckanzie
t i t l e : Hammer & Nails
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : t3
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2008
t r a c k s : 13
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 40,6 MB
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Diving into silence, pure unprettified longing, baneful and
melancholy, K.C. McKanzie has an appreciation for the macabre,
the offensive and the unusual. None of the heroes of her songs
is without a secret; not a single chord that couldn't be bent
into soft dissonances. It's a hard but honest tone in K.C.
McKanzie's compositions.
Her soft and clear voice floats wistful-folky on top of the
music, and shows the way through the musical landscapes that
K.C. McKanzie (banjo, guitar, vocals,) creates with her
partner Joe "Budi" Budinsky (bass, banjo). They play without
palliation û reducing their songs to the essential substance
of rhythm, melody and story.
The Press places K.C. McKanzie as "Neo-Traditional", deeply
rooted in Folk and Roots-Music while emphasizing that it is
music that stands out from the masses.
K.C. McKanzie places herself somewhere between the English
Folk of the 60s and 70s and the Americana acoustic sound of
today. Listening to K.C. McKanzie, one is reminded of Sandy
Denny, Joni Mitchell and Gillian Welch.
The duo captures the audience live with their charming ways of
dry humour and obvious enjoyment in the music. K.C. McKanzie
pays respect to her folk heroes hitting that everlasting nail
of John Henry into the rough, brittle wood.
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01-Adam [02:30]
02-Summer's Blue [02:43]
03-Pretty Horse [01:59]
04-Wide Awake [03:46]
05-See, How You've Mastered Me [04:19]
06-You Deserve [01:49]
07-Rolling Tide [03:10]
08-Pretty Little Thing [02:57]
09-Razorblade [05:31]
10-Salt [03:41]
11-I Remember You [03:26]
12-Hammer & Nails [02:25]
13-That's All I Am [03:38]
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