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Cowboy Junkies: Sing In My Meadow, CD review
Cowboy Junkies offer up a gnarly experience in Sing In My Meadow - the third release in their Nomad Sessions.
Cowboy Junkies: Sing In My Meadow (Proper Records)
The third in the Cowboy Junkies' Nomad Sessions is a gnarly, in-your-face piece of work that may be best heard at the end of an evening, as you ruminate on matters, with a glass of whiskey to hand.
Sing In My Meadow is unsettling, interesting and, when it works, very affecting. It was recorded in just four days and brings out he free-wheeling potency of the Canadian band's live concerts. As songwriter Michael Timmins said: "It has the psychedelic, blues-inspired forays we are so fond of exploring on stage."
Timminis's sister Margo has a beautifully voice, languid and melancholy. It has been perfect for so many of their great past songs - think 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel and This Street, This Man, This Life - and it fits perfectly with the material on Sing In My Meadow.
My favourites were the brooding Late Night Radio and the title song Sing In My Meadow, which contains the lyrics:
I don't know if it's faith or habit,
I'm big on the idea of doubt,
I'm big on the idea of doubt
The song features the powerful harmonica playing of the great Jeff Bird. Peter Timmins's drum work is as impeccable as ever and Alan Anton keeps everything ticking on bass.
There is one more to go on the Nomad Sessions - following the China-inspired Renmin Park and the wonderful tribute to the late Vic Chesnutt called Demons - but after quarter of a century, the Cowboy Junkies are still producing music to challenge and engage. Once again, the album features features the beautiful cover artwork of Enrique Martinez.
Download this: Late Night Radio.