10 December 2009 (Thursday)
A couple of weeks ago I tried Lizz Wright's first album, Salt, on a whim. I loved it! So I've been going back and checking out her other, more recent, albums. Starting the day off with her latest, The Orchard.
-- Looking at the liner notes of the album I see most of the songs were written with one of my other favorite singers, Toshi Reagon! And Chocolate Genius, a name I haven't seen in years, sings background vocals on one of my favorite songs on the record, "Speak Your Heart". Cool!
-- Despite all the great collaborators and talent on this record, I wish the songs had more fire in them; they just kind of hang there without going anywhere.
Going reverse chronologically in the Lizz Wright discography: "Dreaming Wide Awake". And as I look at the liner notes more closely, I see she was already collaborating with Toshi and Chocolate Genius back on this record.
-- But this record doesn't move me. Too laid back.
Back to her first record, Salt. I remember totally digging this one the first time through. Let's see how it sounds next to her other stuff.
A couple of weeks ago I tried Lizz Wright's first album, Salt, on a whim. I loved it! So I've been going back and checking out her other, more recent, albums. Starting the day off with her latest, The Orchard.
-- Looking at the liner notes of the album I see most of the songs were written with one of my other favorite singers, Toshi Reagon! And Chocolate Genius, a name I haven't seen in years, sings background vocals on one of my favorite songs on the record, "Speak Your Heart". Cool!
-- Despite all the great collaborators and talent on this record, I wish the songs had more fire in them; they just kind of hang there without going anywhere.
Going reverse chronologically in the Lizz Wright discography: "Dreaming Wide Awake". And as I look at the liner notes more closely, I see she was already collaborating with Toshi and Chocolate Genius back on this record.
-- But this record doesn't move me. Too laid back.
Back to her first record, Salt. I remember totally digging this one the first time through. Let's see how it sounds next to her other stuff.
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