Nick Lowe - The Old Magic - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Saint-Saens / Quatuor Joachim - STR QRTS [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/30/2014

NICK LOWE / DIG MY MOOD - Three decades on, Nick Lowe has evolved from British pub-rock pioneer (with Brinsley Schwarz) to new wave godfather (producing Elvis Costello, among others) to postrock crooner. It's a surprising but convincing transformation, begun with the country-inflected minimalism of 1994's superb The Impossible Bird and pared to an even leaner chamber pop on this subdued charmer. Bird found Lowe damping his jokester's instincts to dig deeply and soberly into romantic despair and a gnawing, midlife confrontation of self. While the tracks on Dig My Mood suggest that some of the wounds have healed, there's still an elegiac air to songs like InchFaithless Lover,Inch InchWhat Lack of Love Has Done,Inch and InchFailed ChristianInch that qualifies these as songs of experience. Lowe's baritone has deepened and acquired a deft finesse with redeeming glimmers of wit and no loss of intelligence. Digitally remastered edition of this 1998 album from the veteran British singer/songwriter.

Nick continued his hot streak of warm, introspective recordings with this 2001 , which beautifully balances wry wit and stark emotional honesty. He taps soul, blues, R&B and country as he charms with Has She Got a Friend? Homewrecker; I'm a Mess; Bygones (Won't Go); Cupid Must Be Angry ; Johnny Rivers' Poor Side of Town, and more on CD or vinyl!