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The Be Good Tanyas - Hello Love Audio CD

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The Be Good Tanyas Band: The Be Good Tanyas
Title: Hello Love
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Release Date: 2006-10-10
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Human Thing 2: For the Turnstiles 3: Thousand Tiny Pieces 4: Ootischenia 5: Little Blues 6: Scattered Leaves 7: Hello Love 8: Nobody Cares for Me 9: Out of the Wilderness 10: Song for R. 11: What Are They Doing in Heaven Today 12: Crow Waltz 13: When Doves Cry

"Music to my Ears"
Their quality of performance gives the listener an unforgettably and enjoyable time. This is a great group of excellent musicians. Hello Love.


Great Easy Listening
But I love all their music. I absolutely love this album. I recommend this to everyone who enjoys easy listening folk, bluegrass, country music.


Sweet Bluegrass Harmony
The Be Good Tanyas don't worry about sounding sweet. The Be Good Tanyas have a rougher edge than other "girl-bands" with great harmony, like the Wailing Jennys, and the Weepies. The waver in the voices make the music more raw and emotional. My friends and I argue whether the band is folk or bluegrass. The banjo, the harmonica, and tempo in the earlier CDs suggest bluegrass, but "Ootishenia" on "Hello Love" is a folk hit waiting to happen.


Not as good as the Wailing Jenny's
I did listen to the snippets here on Amazon but after I played the full music a couple of times, I'm not very happy with it. I bought this CD based on a suggestion from a Wailing Jenny's review that these were similar bands. The songs are (lyrics & music) good, but the lead singer's voice just grates on my ears. So like Bob Dylan, you either love'm or you hate'm. And in this case I fall in the latter category.


Be Good Tanyas: Warm Up & Chill Out
Last week I picked up a copy of their latest record, "Hello Love". I missed the live shows when The Be Good Tanyas opened for Blue Rodeo a few years back so I've never seen them live. Not being familiar with Frazey Ford's somewhat garbled vocal delivery, I kind of wondered what I'd just bought. After repeated listens though, Frazey's voice grows on me and I definitely like their laid back but tightly sprung blue grass/new grass style. They do a nice cover of Neil Young's "For the Turnstiles" and the hidden track at the end of the record is an interesting bluegrass version of Prince's "When Doves Cry" that actually gives Prince a run for the money. Now if they'd only done a cover of The Beatles' "Don't Pass Me By", I would have been in blue grass heaven or at least I would have gotten my rockin' shoes on! Some of the traditional numbers work and others are so-so, but the instrumentation is solid throughout this disc.

Trish Klein's electric guitar flourishes add a nice warm texture to otherwise fairly stark bluegrass and old mountain tunes. These ladies do not veer too far into Cowboy Junkies territory, as they only do one blues based tune ("Out of the Wilderness") which could be good or bad depending on how much you like the Cowboy Junkies. Actually, this 'Wilderness' song sounds (to me anyway) more influenced by Kurt Cobain's tortured rendition of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" on the great 1994 record, "Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York". And "Out of the Wilderness" eerily and poignantly segues into a tune about a relative who is also a recovering addict ("Song for R. ").

All in all, this is a solid record and on this warm July night, I am chilling out and warming up to these tunes by some very talented Canadian ladies. Two thumbs up!
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