- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
ARTiST... Dao Strom
ALBUM.... Send Me Home
LABEL.... cdbaby
CAT.NUM.. n/a
GENRE.... Indie
RiP.DATE. Apr-04-2009
SOURCE... CDDA
PLAYTIME. 34:00 min
SIZE..... 44,3 MB
ENCODER.. LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
TRACKS... 10
QUALiTY.. VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
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[01] perfume river [04:13]
[02] when u go out [03:19]
[03] hesitating [02:14]
[04] wake up in the cold [03:08]
[05] my little angel [03:57]
[06] send me home [04:13]
[07] my tall friend [02:10]
[08] day that we met [04:45]
[09] jesus song [01:51]
[10] i am a poor wayfaring stranger [04:10]
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Dao Strom was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up in Placerville,
California-which perhaps explains why her version of Americana &
oldtime-influenced roots music seems to come out of a world-weary darkness that
is both mysterious and familiar. Her voice carries the ethereal weight of the
Appalachias (or some other distant mountain range), yet her words and phrasing
are plainly infused with the details of modern experience.
Citing influences from Hazel Dickens, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou (and many other
country music traditionalists) to Gillian Welch, Freakwater and Bonnie Prince
Billy, Dao's own take on the genre is a form of gentle, dark Americana tinged
with a pure quality. It's lonely music but conveyed with an insightful
innocence.
Dao came to Austin via California-Iowa-New York. Other songwriter friends
eventually led Dao and her bandmates to Brian Beattie, whose
authenticity-principled, retro-integrity recording techniques (The Dead
Milkmen, Daniel Johnston, Shearwater, Okkervil River, Torch) it seemed would
suitably capture the nuance and humble, gentle feel of their music.
"Send Me Home" was recorded entirely live on a late-50s era 2-inch analog tape
machine, in Brian's wife Valerie Fowler's painting studio.
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