[TR24][OF] Solveig Slettahjell & Knut Reiersrud with In the Country - Trail of Souls - 2015 (ACT Music, Female Vocal Jazz, Blues)

Solveig Slettahjell - Knut Reiersrud Trail of Souls with In the Country Жанр: Vocal Jazz Blues Год издания: 2015 Издатель (лейбл): ACT Music Номер по каталогу: ACT 9593-2 Страна исполнителя (группы): Norway Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac) 24 bits / 96 kHz Тип рипа: tracks Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 51:17 Источник: WEB (спасибо Totningen) Наличие сканов: нет Треклист: 01 • Borrowed Time 02 • Grandma's Hands 03 • Mercy Street 04 • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 05 • Come Healing 06 • Is My Living in Vain 07 • Holy Joe 08 • Trouble in Mind 09 • His Eye Is on the Sparrow 10 • I Don't Feel Noways Tired 11 • Soul of a Man   DRM-отчет foobar2000 1.3.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1 log date: 2015-12-08 06:09:33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: Solveig Slettahjell, Knut Reiersrud & In The Country / Trail of Souls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR13 -0.10 dB -15.73 dB 4:39 01-Borrowed Time DR12 -0.10 dB -14.64 dB 4:59 02-Grandma's Hands (and For Guds Folk Er Hvilen Tilbake) DR12 -0.10 dB -15.00 dB 5:32 03-Mercy Street DR12 -2.70 dB -20.27 dB 3:43 04-Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child DR12 -0.10 dB -14.97 dB 5:06 05-Come Healing DR12 -0.10 dB -16.43 dB 5:49 06-Is My Living in Vain DR12 -0.10 dB -13.76 dB 4:18 07-Holy Joe DR14 -0.10 dB -17.68 dB 3:12 08-Trouble in Mind DR11 -1.04 dB -18.52 dB 4:29 09-His Eye Is on the Sparrow DR12 -0.10 dB -14.71 dB 3:22 10-I Don't Feel Noways Tired DR11 -0.10 dB -15.74 dB 6:07 11-Soul of a Man (and Om Nogen Ondt Meg Vil) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 11 Official DR value: DR12 Samplerate: 96000 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 24 Bitrate: 2624 kbps Codec: FLAC ================================================================================     Об альбоме Vocalist Solveig Slettahjell and blues guitarist/harmonica player Knut Reiersrud record together for the first time on Trail Of Souls. They're joined by another three Norwegian musicians—pianist Morten Qvenlid, bassist Roger Arntzen and drummer Pål Hausken, known collectively as In The Country—on a programme of songs drawn from early blues, spirituals and classic rock songwriters. The performances are uniformly high quality—Qvenild's synth and piano parts are subtle, Sletahjell's vocals are heartfelt and understated, Reiersrud's acoustic guitar is lyrical and flowing. However, the decision to take every song at a very slow pace, coupled with the songs' tales of sadness and failure, results in an overall effect that's more depressing than elating. Although Shakespeare's suggestion that "If music be the food of love, play on" is quoted on the album sleeve, there's little love in these lyrics—most of these songs paint a picture of a far from loving world. "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child" combines Slettahjell's vocal with Qvenild's slow, stately, piano in a way that successfully emphasises the despair of the tale. "Borrowed Time" and "Is My Living In Vain," both gracefully performed, project similar pessimistic emotions. Even when Slettahjell sings—on "Trouble In Mind"—that "The sun's gonna shine in my back door someday" she sounds as if she doesn't really believe it'll happen. The closest Trail Of Souls gets to a feel good song is Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands." But even here, the grandparent comes across as someone to be respected, even feared, rather than loved. So, Trail Of Souls proves to be a musically successful meeting of spiritual and bluesy Americana with a Nordic jazz sensibility—as was intended—but one that veers too much towards a downbeat, even depressing, worldview. (Bruce Lindsay, AllAboutJazz)     Состав Solveig Sletahjell - vocals Knut Reiersrud - guitar, harmonica Morten Qvenild - piano, synth Roger Arntzen - bass Pål Hausken - drums, percussion