All Artists: Anne Harris Title: Anne Harris Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Rugged Road Records Original Release Date: 6/15/2001 Release Date: 6/15/2001 Genres: Folk, Pop Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 706567913523 |
Anne Harris Anne Harris Genres: Folk, Pop
Anne?s self-titled debut CD has been enthusiastically received since its June 2001 release on her Rugged Road label. Her expressive melodies and lyrics, sensual vocals and unique fiddle stylings, along with guitars and bas... more » | |
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Album Description Anne?s self-titled debut CD has been enthusiastically received since its June 2001 release on her Rugged Road label. Her expressive melodies and lyrics, sensual vocals and unique fiddle stylings, along with guitars and bass, are folded in textured layers of African flavored percussion. The result is an earthy, organic blend that draws from varied American, traditional, and global influences and rhythms. The songs, all penned by Anne, traverse a meandering path over varied lyrical and musical terrain, with the path itself, rather than the destination, defining the continuity of the work. On "Good For It," the opening track, a misty Middle Eastern-flavored intro weaves into a soulful lyrical appeal to higher love and a spirited instrumental bridge. A masterful layer of rhythm and percussion and interpretive guitar work provide the common thread for this beautiful tapestry. Further along the path we come to a meadow, where the lively Celtic-influenced instrumental ch! orus of "Dandelion" dances around picturesque lyrics which remind us that love, however fleeting, changes us for life. From the hopeful yearning and haunting violin strains of "Someday" to the upbeat Caribbean lilt and teasing, tongue-in-cheek lyrics of "I Think I Got You," the songs are as distinct from one another as a forest and a lake, and yet juxtapose just as scenically. In the rhythmically driven "Where?s the Girl," the hopes and dreams of yesterday?s small town girl are crowded out by a tomorrow that came too soon, while the autobiographical "Leaves Turnin?," delivers a poignant and uplifting metaphor about the spiraling continuity of life by singing praise of the ever-present love, wisdom and pride that Anne feels from her late grandparents. Both songs face, from different angles, a central theme that life, all life, goes on. |
CD ReviewsA Unique, Delightful Musical Treasure B. Clow | Chicago burbs | 07/27/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "I discovered Anne Harris playing her incredible music in a local venue and was immediately entranced. I bought her album worried that her incredible stage presence might have fooled me into thinking that her music was better than it actually was. I had nothing to worry about! Anne's music is an incredible blend of influences, with intelligent lyrics, catchy, memorable melodies that pull from her Irish and African heritage, as well, it seems, every place she has ever been to or read about. Her incredible music has enough depth and variety that I find myself listening to both her recordings over and over and over again!"
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