Blues and Lamentations [CD]

When entering into a Kate Campbell album for the first time, one should know that its not simply a collection of recently written songs, but a deep, connected vision that has been forming in Kates mind for a few years. In keeping with her recent focus on her musical roots with 2000s Wandering Strange and the country music of her childhood with 2003s Twang On A Wire, her new album Blues and lamentations finds Kate digging deeper into a musical style and emotion that has provided the understory for her music from the beginningthe blues. Using strictly acoustic instrumentation and one-take performances throughout, Blues and Lamentations has an organic, earthy feel which ties the lyrics ever more closely to the earth itself. A powerful force in Kates writing, the land plays a role in nearly every song on Blues and Lamentations. Free World gives voice to a persons desire to freely live off the land while Shallow Grave tells the story of a woman vowing to haunt the former lover who left her to die an emotional death just below the surface. Standard Jewel Case.