Rachel Grimes - Clearing - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The sequel to 2007's critically acclaimed THE STAGE NAMES, which Pitchfork praised as Inchone of the year's bestInch, is part two of a staggered double album, picking up where part one left off, but delving deeper into the story and theme of THE STAGE NAMES. Album Tracks 1. Stand Ins, One 2. Lost Coastlines 3. Singer Songwriter 4. Starry Stairs 5. Blue Tulip 6. Stand Ins, Two 7. Pop Lie 8. On Tour with Zykos 9. Calling and Not Calling My Ex 10. Stand Ins, Three 11. Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel, 1979

The Way Forth, a new folk opera from Rachel Grimes, encompasses rich layers of voices and orchestrations in an experiential, non-linear investigation highlighting perspectives of Kentucky women from 1775 to today. Inspired by a treasure-trove of family documents, photos, and letters spanning several generations, Grimes began in 2016 to research some of the more vexing questions that came to the surface about these people, places, and events. Fueled by intuition, travel to visit family, photographing, and filming present day rural Kentucky life, the research led to many more questions What is missing? What is not being said here? What did she really think and feel? Primary historical accounts routinely glossed over people without titles or voting rights, and dehumanized most others by referring to them as objects of desire, savages, or slaves. Further examination formed a framework for trying to reconcile her state's history and how it relates to the westward expansion and settlement of the United States and ultimately how an era of domination, denial, and pain is reflected in the complex culture of today. The songs that make up The Way Forth weave back in time through a postcard, a personal account of a long life on a farm, traces of folk tunes, names, places, and rivers, all woven into an emotional fabric of yearning, nostalgia, grief, and the rich intimacies of everyday life. Initially solo voices are heard above vivid orchestrations, expanding with the choral voices of the community through fragments of traditional church music and popular tunes. The scope widens to include a modern male narrator's reflections on a place battered by greed, civil war, bigotry, and the exploitation of natural resources. Through music, voice, and film, The Way Forth honors the emotional legacy of the silenced, the holistic, the beauty in quotidian life, and explores the eternal grace

Japanese reissue packaged in a paper sleeve. Universal. 2021. Album Tracks 1. If I Could Be with You 2 15 2. It's Good to Want You Bad 2 31 3. Go Slow 2 14 4. A Room with a View 2 45 5. Nearness of You 2 20 6. Alone Together 2 22 7. I Wanna Be Loved 2 05 8. Snuggled on Your Shoulder 3 54 9. You're My Thrill 1 52 10. Lover Man 2 32 11. Body and Soul 2 25 12. Make Love to Me 2 30