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Kris Delmhorst & Jeffrey Foucault
Kris Delmhorst's latest album Shotgun Singer began as an act of solitary creation. Holed up in a rural cabin with minimal recording gear and a houseful of instruments, Delmhorst recorded her new songs alone,
in layers of intimate vocals which she combined with electric and nylon guitars, cellos, keyboards, loops, and percussion. With the core of each
song thus established, she brought in a diverse cast of players to add sparse
backing lines of drums, keys, guitar, and vinyl-based samples, and enlisted
co-producer Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter) in arrangement and mixing. The
result is collection of songs fully realized and even lush at times, but
retaining a hushed intensity, a spirit of lo-fi intimacy and unhurried
exploration. Adventurous, elegant, lucid, and haunting, the record is
the work of a seasoned musician who has found a musical language, a means of
expression, equal to her vision.
With a back catalog that includes two darkly rollicking roots records
produced by Morphine's Billy Conway, and the 2006 release Strange
Conversation, a vibrant collection of Americana songs inspired by the
work of famous poets (a remarkable album...as seamless and brave as it is
brilliantly creative - Irish Times), Kris Delmhorst has parlayed a
decade of successful cross country and trans-Atlantic touring into one of the
most distinct voices in American music. With Shotgun Singer, Delmhorst has
trained that voice on a series of gracefully open lyrics and figures
that transcend genre, ranging into the borderlands between indie-rock and
folk, that nameless territory inhabited by such hard-to-classify artists as Laura Veirs, Feist, Iron & Wine, Nina Nastasia, and Juana Molina.
Delmhorst is "a dynamic vocalist and songwriter of immense power and range...rich, sultry vocals and swinging rhythms" - Seth Rogovoy, The Berkshire Eagle
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"Jeffrey Foucault incorporates the best of the Americana, alt-country and roots-rock genres into his third solo album... Those who recall Bruce Springsteen in the pre-"Born to Run" days will hear echoes of the Boss in Foucault's lyrics, as well as the best of the Texas troubadours, including Joe Ely and Butch Hancock. But there's nothing derivative about Foucault's haunting allusions... the fundamental truths that emerge are undeniable... Musically, Foucault has created a harmonious minimalist sound that's driven by his acoustic strumming and the economical Mark Knopfler-style electric fretwork of veteran Iowa guitarist Bo Ramsey... there's a tumbling tumbleweeds sensibility to Ghost Repeater reminiscent of the finest Dust Bowl anthems." - The Chicago Sun Times
An excellent third album Americana doesnt get much finer (4 ****) Q Magazine
"Quietly brilliant. (5 *****) The Irish Times
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LocationAlberta Street Public House
1036 NE Alberta Street
Portland, OR 97211
United States
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