AnneCarlini.com Home
 
  Giveaways!
  Insider Gossip
  Monthly Hot Picks
  Book Reviews
  CD Reviews
  Concert Reviews
  DVD Reviews
  Game Reviews
  Movie Reviews
  Check Out The NEW Anne Carlini Productions!
  [NEW] Belouis Some (2024)
  [NEW] Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel (2024)
  [NEW] Mark Ruffalo (‘Poor Things’)
  [NEW] Paul Giamatti (‘The Holdovers’)
  [NEW] Crystal Gayle
  [NEW] Ellen Foley
  Gotham Knights [David Russo - Composer]
  The Home of WAXEN WARES Candles!
  Michigan Siding Company for ALL Your Outdoor Needs
  MTU Hypnosis for ALL your Day-To-Day Needs!
  COMMENTS FROM EXCLUSIVE MAGAZINE READERS!


©2024 annecarlini.com
Ghost Canyon

Title - 'Just Words'
Artist - Lynne Hanson

For those not in the know, Canadian singer/songwriter Lynne Hanson has just released her seventh studio album, Just Words this February 7th, 2020.

The new album marks something of an artistic departure for Hanson, who purposely tapped producer Jim Bryson (Oh Susanna, Skydiggers) to push and pull her outside of her comfort zone.

Contoured and textured, the result is a more powerful sound than on efforts past, more Steve Earle than Gillian Welch, with a vulnerable underbelly.

1. 'True Blue Moon'
2. 'Hearts Fade'
3. 'Long Way Home'
4. 'Just Words'
5. 'Higher Ground'
6. 'Clean Slate'
7. 'Such a Random Thing'
8. 'Lollipops and Roses'
9. 'Every Minute in Between'
10. 'Hemingway's Songbird'
11. 'Would You Still'

Relating the perils of falling for a poet, the first song (and single) from the album 'True Blue Moon' kicks things off nicely and immediately showcases Hanson's effortless, yet gently imbued folk vocals.

The reaching 'Hearts Fade' is one of my own favorites here with its affable hipsway and that's backed by the Americana ballad 'Long Way Home,' the gritty storytelling of bullying on the title track 'Just Words,' and then the finger-snappin' reach for forgiveness on 'Higher Ground.'

The smoothly free flowing need for acceptance on 'Clean Slate' is another cultured track and that's followed by a look at fate on 'Such a Random Thing,' a song with such a rhythmic back beat that if you close your eyes you could be seated on an old train making its way through the forest-choked Animas Valley, and then the lo-fi blues of 'Lollipops and Roses.'

This quite stunning seventh album then rounds out with 'Every Minute in Between,' the reminiscing of 'Hemingway's Songbird,' and then comes to a close on the upbeat 'Would You Still.'

Hanson is already starting to play songs from the new album on her Canadian tour this month. She plans to tour the U.S. heavily in 2020; tour dates will be announced soon.

Amazon Digital Purchase Link

www.LynneHanson.com

Lynne Hanson @ Facebook!





...Archives