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This album contains wonderful spacious music, reflecting a deep and romantic sadness in some pieces, uplifting in others - the songs soon feel natural as if they've been with you for years. I often return to this album and I'm always amazed how many interesting elements are there. The songs have a great feel - Bic writes her words and her music from the heart.
Sonically one of the best recordings I have heard. String arrangements by Tom Rainey. A sensitive group of musicians are backing her, amongst them Neil Finn on piano.
The Stormwater Boys
One
of Australia's greatest singer songwriters with a deep connection to the
land and the people that are here and have been living on this land in
the past. This music has a blue grass / country feel, but the stories and people that
populate the songs are drawn from this country, not the USA.
Paul manages to infuse emotion and observation in his songs in a matter
of fact way. "They thought I was asleep" is one of those songs.
I learned to sing it, as it is such a wonderful observation of a universal
emotion: when you discover as a child, that your parents can be as vulnerable
as you are - that they are human beings with their own emotions and frailties.
This CD is a wonderful recording, Michel van Dijk has one of the best voices in rock. Rich instrumentation of brass, hammond organ and guitar. Ferdinand Bakker's style of playing is an example of how a guitarist can strike a balance between textural playing and solos. He's good at supporting the music as a whole. Interview (in Dutch).
Jacqueline Du Pré plays Edward Elgar
I love the video and free-flowing songwriting style, great voice too.
"JCB" is a song written from a 5 year old's point of view, it inserts a wonderful dose of innocence into a pop song. I like the double tempo outtro. Their website here.