Name: Angel Fire
Brand: Rounder Select
SKU: 20112
Price: 41.54 SGD
Availability: InStock

Performer Notes

The Kennedys: Pete Kennedy (vocals, acoustic & 12-string guitars, mandolin, banjo, organ, bass, percussion); Maura Kennedy (vocals, acoustic guitar).
Additional personnel: Gurf Morlix (guitar); Jon Carroll (piano); Wade Matthews (bass); Robbie Magruder, Vince Santoro (drums).
Eddie From Ohio: Julie Murphy, Robbie Schaefer, Eddie Hartness, Mike Clem (background vocals).
Recorded at Maple Ridge House, Reston, Virginia.
Personnel: Pete Kennedy (vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, organ, percussion); Maura Kennedy (vocals, acoustic guitar); Gurf Morlix (guitar); Jon Carroll (piano); Vince Santoro, Robbie Magruder (drums); Robbie Schaefer, Julie Murphy (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Jim Robeson; Maura Kennedy; Pete Kennedy.
Liner Note Authors: Maura Kennedy; Pete Kennedy.
Recording information: Maple Ridge Studio, Reston, VA.
Photographer: Jack Douthitt.
Arrangers: Maura Kennedy; Pete Kennedy.
The Kennedys' hopelessly romantic and literary aspirations as an acoustic duo come into much sharper focus with this album. After an exhausting tour behind their Life Is Large album (loaded with guest artists helping out), the Kennedys bought a small house in Reston, Virginia and turned it into their own 16-track studio. The respite from the road refueled their songwriting muse, and this intimate little album came as a result. The songwriting is stark, pulling from pop and folk-rock genres as well as contemporary folk traditions. There's a lot of ambience on this album, and highlights include "The Fire & The Rose," the starkness of "Angels Cry," "Bells & Loaves & Letters," the 12-string jangle of "Common Bond," "A Place of Time" and the sing-along coolness of "Just Like Henry David." The duo takes a major leap forward artistically with this album. ~ Cub Koda

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (4/99, pp.112-113) - "...simple melodic affairs, straight out of the hootenanny handbook, coming bedecked with just the mildest touch of rock slumming..."

Album: Angel Fire
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Common Bond
2)	Cuckoo, The
3)	Bells & Loaves & Letters
4)	Angels Cry
5)	Fire & The Rose, The
6)	Just Like Henry David
7)	Feather in the Flame
8)	Bend in the River, A
9)	Jesse
10)	Letter to Emily, A
11)	Angel Fire
12)	Hey Vin
13)	Place in Time, A

Album: Angel Fire
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Common Bond
2)	Cuckoo, The
3)	Bells & Loaves & Letters
4)	Angels Cry
5)	Fire & The Rose, The
6)	Just Like Henry David
7)	Feather in the Flame
8)	Bend in the River, A
9)	Jesse
10)	Letter to Emily, A
11)	Angel Fire
12)	Hey Vin
13)	Place in Time, A