The Album Club: "Other Voices | Other Rooms" by Nanci Griffith
 

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And so we launch into round seven, and as usual it's me that kicks it off.
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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.

How assailable would you say that it is?

It has clear vulnerabilities that make it easily assailed.

She got that snob laugh. And did she write that book with the same title?

Not sure where you're getting that from (not that it's important) - Nanci is one of the most humble and down-to-earth artists you can come across. And no, obviously she did not write the book: it's just a favourite of hers. From which she took the title for the album. Which I now see I've ****ed up. D'oh! Can a mod change the thread/album title for me please? :banghead:

It's not important but from the cover alone this bitch is already irritating me.

Gonna start listening to it now.

Look at the book she is holding, it titled "Other VOICES | Other ROOMS" weird how that is the opposite wording of the album title "Other Rooms, Other Voices." Is she laughing cause she titled her album the opposite of the book she is holding? Is that the inside joke?

That cover does inspire misogyny. That exposed neck is calling out for a tight grasp.

She thinks she's soooo funny. And sophisticated. And white.