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Track Listings
| 1. Gone In Pawn (Shake Sugaree) |
| 2. Bad Luck Day Baby |
| 3. City Song |
| 4. Bleak St. |
| 5. Shameless |
| 6. Malaise Days |
| 7. Cold Hungry Blues |
| 8. Backstairs Down |
| 9. Abilene |
| 10. Wheels Are Taking Me Away |
| 11. What Sad Old Song |
| 12. Lullabye |
Product Description
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The Be Good Tanyas broke out of Vancouver with a style that mixed mountain music with just a hint of urban funk. Po' Girl, an offshoot project with BGT singer-guitarist-banjo picker Trish Klein and another Vancouver folkie, Allison Russell, mines a similar vein of back-porch, acoustic intimacy, but moves the music from the hills and hollers of Appalachia to the moss-drenched balconies of Nawlins. Russell's singing evidences a slurred, breathy quality similar to Klein's BGT partners Frazey Ford and Samantha Parton--the Vancouver sound seems to involve a sort of mumbled, intermittently intelligible delivery that is no less evocative for being difficult to decipher. On "Bad Luck Day Baby" Russell breaks it up with bluesy belting that recalls a more energetic Norah Jones. "Bleak St." shows that, like the Tanyas, Po' Girl can groove without getting loud, and they write songs that rest comfortably alongside classic tunes like Lester Brown's "Abilene." They may even be great songs: it would be easier to tell if you could understand more of the words. Still, BGT fans won't be disappointed, nor will anyone interested in what folk might sound like in the future. --Michael Ross
Album Description
While growing from the same roots as the Be Good Tanyas and retaining similarities, Po' Girl has its own distinctive identity as a group, which comes through on the CD. Their self-titled debut features 12 originals. Hightone. 2003.
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Most helpful customer reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
an eclectic mixture of the best styles of music in our time
Dec 3 2004
Format:Audio CD
Po'girl mixes the best of depression-era jazz, folk, and cajun styles and throw in a little R&B! This is one of the best bands I have heard in a long time. The accompaniment of guitar, banjo, fiddle, clarinet, and harmonica create sultry and rustic ambience both nostalgic and contemporary.
Highly recommend!
Beautifully Melodic Urban/Country/Folk
Mar 23 2004
Format:Audio CD
Sorta Nora Jones in a country-folk-blues kinda way--breathy, sexy, whiskey-and-lemonade-on-the-porch music. Get it, it's lovely. If you like the Be Good Tanyas, this is somewhat of a departure but well worth it.
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Taking it to the Limit
Give Po'Girl a listen and before you've reached the middle of "Gone in Pawn (Shake Sugaree)", you realize you know this voice. Read more
Published on Sep 28 2003 by Dainon J. Moody
Could have been great
I loved Blue Horse, by the Be Good Tanyas, so I was very interested in this CD. Upon the second or third listening, I couldn't help but wish that Frazey Ford had done the vocals. Read more
Published on Sep 20 2003 by Kate Smart
The spirit said, "Sing!"
Great bluesey, folky album. Mostly acoustic, reminders of Keb Mo, Eric Bibb, a little Indigo Girls harmony, touch of the Beatles in one of the songs. Read more
Published on Sep 6 2003 by dvondy
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