Waxahatchee - Great Thunder - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Written immediately in the period following her decision to get sober, the album is an unflinching self-examination. This raw, exposed narrative terrain is aided by a shift in sonic arrangements as well. While her last two records featured the kind of big guitars, well-honed noise, and battering sounds that characterized her Philadelphia scene and strongly influenced a burgeoning new class of singer-songwriters, Saint Cloud strips back those layers to create space for Crutchfield's voice and lyrics. The result is a classic Americana sound with modern touches befitting an artist who has emerged as one of the signature storytellers of her time.Over the course of Saint Cloud's 11 songs, which were recorded and produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver), Crutchfield peels back the distortion of electric guitars to create a wider sonic palette than on any previous Waxahatchee album. It is a record filled with nods to classic country folk-inspired tones, and distinctly modern touches.

Ei paesi di lingua tedesca, la musica per flauto solo ha una lunghissima tradizione,che ha il suo capostipite nella celeberrima Partita in La minore BWV 1013 di JohannSebastian Bach, capolavoro inarrivabile e, in un certo senso, mai più eguagliato.All'epoca in cui Bach scriveva la sua Partita in La minore, intorno al 1720, il flautotraversiere (che gli inglesi all'epoca chiamavano anche German Flute) era praticamenteall'inizio della sua travolgente carriera, che ne avrebbe fatto, nel volgere di pocotempo, uno degli strumenti più popolari al mondo. Era fatto quasi esclusivamente dilegno, ed era uno strumento molto diverso da quello odierno, costruito in metalloprezioso (argento o, meglio ancora, oro), Relativamente facile da suonare, il flautotraverso si e arricchito nel tempo di una copiosa letteratura e ha avuto i suoi eccellentivirtuosi che ne hanno incrementato la popolarità (nel secondo Novecento, per citaresolo alcuni dei più noti, Jean-Pierre Rampal, James Galway e, in Italia, SeverinoGazzelloni) e hanno direttamente o indirettamente sollecitato gli autori a scrivere perloro. La letteratura per flauto e effettivamente sterminata. Il nostro album ci offre unascelta di sei composizioni per flauto solo, scritte da cinque autori diversi, appartenentiin larga maggioranza all'area musicale di lingua tedesca; la sola eccezione e costituitadall'olandese Rudolf Escher, mentre Willy Burkhard era svizzero-tedesco. Gli altritre, Karg-Elert, Paul Hindemith e Gunter Raphael, erano tedeschi.

Out In The Storm, Katie Crutchfield's fourth album as Waxahatchee and her second with Merge, is the blazing result of a woman reawakened. Her most autobiographical and honest album to date, Out In The Storm is a self-reflective anchor in the story of both her songwriting and her life. As Crutchfield prepared for the of her Merge debut Ivy Tripp, she found herself depleted emotionally and professionally amidst the dissolution of a noxious relationship. InchIvy Tripp doesn't really have any resolution. It's a lot of beating around the bush, and superficially trying to see my life clearly, but just barely scratching the surface. Out In The Storm digs into what I was going through without blinking. It's a very honest record about a time in which I was not honest with myself.Inch The album was tracked at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia with John Agnello, a producer, recording engineer, and mixer known for working with some of the most iconic musicians of the last 25 years, including Dinosaur Jr. And Sonic Youth. Agnello and Crutchfield worked together for most of December 2016, along with the band sister Allison Crutchfield on keyboards and percussion, Katherine Simonetti on bass, and Ashley Arnwine on drums; Katie Harkin, touring guitarist with Sleater-Kinney, also contributed lead guitar. At Agnello's suggestion, the group recorded most of the music live to enhance their unity in a way that gives the album a fuller sound compared to past releases, resulting in one of Waxahatchee's most guitar-driven releases to date.