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Tom Russell :: Blood and Candle Smoke

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Tom Russell is de ultieme verhalenverteller. Al zijn liedjes zijn mini-romans, meeslepende avonturen over Amerika en de mensen die hij in zijn lange carrière is tegengekomen en plekken die hij heeft bezocht. Op Blood And Candle Smoke overtreft hij zichzelf en durft hij ook persoonlijk te worden. Zoals in East Of Woodstock, West Of Viet Nam waar hij beschrijft wat hij uitvoerde in de jaren zestig. Hartverscheurend prachtig, niet in de laatste plaats door de sublieme muzikale begeleiding van Calexico. Blood And Candle Smoke is in alle opzichten een meesterwerk en de allerbeste Americana-CD van de 21ste eeuw. In dit genre qua klasse eigenlijk alleen vergelijkbaar met Car Wheels On A Gravel Road van Lucinda Williams.
 

It would be easy for Tom Russell to coast on reputation alone. With a career stretching back nearly four decades, and a catalogue of more than 20 albums, the consummate storyteller has amassed a devoted following that cherishes his vivid, novelistic tales evoking the spirit of the American experience in tightly constructed, panoramic vignettes. Among his most ardent fans are fellow artists: Russell’s compositions have been covered by the likes of Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm, k.d. lang, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Iris Dement, Dave Alvin, Joe Ely, Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith, Guy Clark and Dave Van Ronk. But all of that work has, in Russell’s own estimation, been a first act. The dozen new songs comprising Blood And Candle Smoke “start the second half of the story, reaching out toward wider realms,” he says, 25 years after the release of his debut solo album, Heart on a Sleeve. “I feel I’ve at least got five or 10 records left in me.”

 

Tracks
1. East Of Woodstock, West Of Viet Nam
2. Santa Ana Wind
3. Nina Simone
4. Criminology
5. Crosses Of San Carlos
6. Finding You
7. Mississippi River Runnin’ Backwards
8. The Most Dangerous Woman In America
9. Don’t Look Down
10. Guadalupe
11. American Rivers
12. Darkness Visible

Bio
Tom-Russell-Blood-and-Candle-Smoke_Bio

Links
www.tomrussell.com/
www.myspace.com/russelltom
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Russell

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