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| | The House Carpenter's Daughter | | | Music Artist : | | Natalie Merchant | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Myth America | | Release Date : | | 2003-09-16 | | Store Price : | | $36.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $36.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Sally Ann
2. Which Side Are You On?
3. Crazy Man Michael
4. Diver Boy
5. Weeping Pilgrim
6. Soldier, Soldier
7. Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow Tree
8. House Carpenter
9. Owensboro
10. Down On Penny's Farm
11. Poor Wayfaring Stranger
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Exquisite
Submitted on: 2009-03-29 |
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 An inspired move from pop to folk/traditional music
Submitted on: 2009-03-03 |
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| I have always liked Natalie Merchant's voice, especially with her overtly pop songs. So I was very taken by surprise when I first heard the folk/traditional songs that fill "The House Carpenter's Daughter." It struck me as an inspired move on her part, and I really think that she nailed it. I truly don't understand some of the very negative reviews. This is a very enjoyable CD from start to finish and represents a nice change of pace from most of her other offerings. Highly recommended. |
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Natalie is star quality
Submitted on: 2007-12-30 |
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| Natalie's song writing skills rival any novelist's skills. She can draw pain and joy out of a lyric, as if it were a script to a play or movie. Her vocal deliverence of her songs is so emotional to me that I feel it. Her dedication to historical facts astounds me. There is a brain behind the lyrics she writes. |
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This Is My Favorite Natalie Merchant CD...
Submitted on: 2007-05-09 |
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Do you know what my favorite Natalie Merchant CD is? No, it's not TigerLily. According to iTunes, it's actually The House Carpenter's Daughter -- a compilation of contemporary and traditional songs seeking to define `folk music' -- that I seem to favor.
Allison Miller plays drums; Elizabeth Steen plays accordion, organ & piano; Erik Della Penna plays guitar & lap steel; Gabriel Gordon plays guitar; Graham Maby plays bass; Judy Hyman plays fiddle; Natalie performs the vocals; and The Menfolk perform the backing vocals on this soothing CD.
Unless I'm mistaken, this CD was recorded at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, during 2003. The premise of The House Carpenter's Daughter posits that songs can & should be rescued from age, obscurity, and tradition.
Gorgeous numbers like Weeping Pilgrim (Track Five) sound fresh considering they're appropriated from a Protestant Hymnal printed in the 1700's; I enjoyed Stearns's banjo plucking and Hyman's sad fiddle on this song. Merchant's mournful voice is a surprisingly strong fit too.
Her delivery is decidedly more brisk and up-tempo on Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow (Track Seven), which is the first song that The Carter Family recorded back in 1928. The use of the autoharp in this country-tinged song was truly genius.
The eclectic song selection also samples more recent fare. Merchant's wise rendition of Sally Ann (Track One) is a nostalgic appreciation of upstate New York, band The Horseflies -- whose concerts Merchant attended in progressive college towns during the early 1990's.
Even though I enjoyed the dirge-like Crazy Man Michael (Track Three) -- which is a cover of the 1969 song first recorded by Fairport Convention -- it's melodic timber and emphasis on strings doesn't seem to blend in well with Merchant's other choices.
Rhythmic instrumentals on Down On Penny's Farm (Track Ten) -- from The Anthology of American Folk Music (1952) -- form hard competition for Merchant's rich silky voice, but her excitation and the thigh-slapping lyrics strike perfect balance. What an enjoyable record!
Related Musical Trivia: Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Eileen Edwards (Shania Twain), Macy Gray, Natalie Merchant, Alanis Morissette, and Wyclef Jean all shared the same sixth grade teacher. |
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Very good CD
Submitted on: 2006-03-13 |
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I firstly heard Natalie Merchant on a local radio in my Country and got very impressed. After buying her CD, I must say there are at least 4 songs that I really love and the one that initially hooked me (soldiers, soldiers)is not the top one... some are even better.
Would strongly recommend this CD to anyone interested in country and popular music.
Lorenzo |
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