I don’t have to listen to this now because I’ve owned this album for years and I’ve listened to it many many times. I bought this the year it come out.
I’m not a musician but I understand that a major chord is the least dissonant. I’m pretty sure that a common technique of Griffith when interpreting these songs is to lean on major chords and to make sure everything resolves.
Before this album came out a cassette culture zine that played an important role in introducing me to new music called Sound Choice ran a long article on Kate Wolf. I remember the author talking about putting down our “punk swords” and opening up our hearts. At the time cassette culture was all about experimental noise and I had been heavily immersed in experimental music for a few years. Kate Wolf was welcomed into my life like an ice cold keg of beer in hell.
When other voices came out a lot of things were changing in my life. I graduated, I moved, I got new job and this album (that I would probably **** on if I first heard it now) really REALLY hit the spot. Her sweet syrupy interpretations were delicious.
The cover that I probably love the most is Morning Song for Sally. Obviously the brilliance is Jerry Jeff Walker’s but Griffith’s interpretation also works so well.
I could go through song for song. It’s a great collection of covers. I loved it then and I love it now.
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