Erik Wollo - Gateway - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In December 2016, after more than a year of touring the world behind her 2015 LP Over and Even, Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg headed a few hours north to Chicago, where they joined Jeff Tweedy in Wilco's Loft studio for five days. Spencer Tweedy, home from college, joined on drums, while James Elkington (a collaborator to both Tweedy and Salsburg) shifted between piano and resonator guitar. Jeff added electric accents and some bass, but mostly, he helped the band stay out of it's own way. InchHe was protecting the songs. He was stopping us before we went too far,Inch Shelley says. The Loft proved essential for that approach, as it was wired to capture every musical moment, so no take was lost. If, for instance, some magic happened while Spencer added drums to a tune he'd never heard, or while Elkington tinkered behind a piano, the tape was rolling. Indeed, half of these songs are first takes. InchThe first time is always the best. That's when everyone's on the edge of their seats, listening to not mess it up,Inch Shelley adds. InchThey're depending on each other to get through it.Inch It's fitting that the resulting set is self-titled. These are, after all, Shelley's most assured and complete thoughts to date, with lyrics as subtle and sensitive as her peerless voice and a band that offers support through restraint and nuance. In eleven songs, this is the sound of Joan Shelley emerging as one of music's most expressive emotional syndicates. Album Tracks 1. We'd Be Home 2. If the Storms Never Came 3. Where I'll Find You 4. I Got What I Wanted 5. Even Though 6. I Didn't Know 7. Go Wild 8. The Push and Pull 9. Pull Me Up One More Time 10. Wild Indifference 11. Isn't That Enough

Album Tracks 1. Dawn 2. Feast Night 3. Bright Day 4. Andante 5. Introduccio Con Moto 6. Derivacions Moderato 7. Finale Allegro Scherzando 8. Summer Night 9. Madrigal 10. Night 11. Little Cup 12. It's Raining 13. Bountiful 14. Spring 15. Passing 16. Convalescence 17. Prelude Allegro 18. Fugue Adagio 19. Finale Vivace 20. The Wind Never Rests 21. Lament 22. Memory of the Sea 23. Suburban Waltz 24. I 25. II 26. III 27. IV 28. V 29. VI 30. VII

Album Tracks 1. Rainshine 2. Windsong 3. Avalon 4. Cloud of String 5. From Ground to Sky 6. Ruralis 7. Motion Picture 8. Ecotopia 9. Memory Ocean 10. Interlude Duet 11. End of An Era 12. Snowfall