Name: The Gathering of Spirits
Brand: New Rounder
SKU: 20141
Price: 26.95 SGD
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The Gathering of Spirits

Rating

Album: The Gathering of Spirits
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Holy As A Day is Spent	More Info...	3:10
2)	Straight To The Point	More Info...	3:27
3)	I'll Go Too	More Info...	4:15
4)	The Gathering Of Spirits	More Info...	3:39
5)	The Fisher King	More Info...	4:13
6)	Little Earthquakes	More Info...	4:09
7)	There And Back	More Info...	4:05
8)	Silver	More Info...	3:29
9)	I'm Still Standing	More Info...	4:33
10)	I Heard An Owl	More Info...	4:08
11)	The Things I've Gone And Done	More Info...	4:30

Album: The Gathering of Spirits
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Holy As A Day is Spent	More Info...	3:10
2)	Straight To The Point	More Info...	3:27
3)	I'll Go Too	More Info...	4:15
4)	The Gathering Of Spirits	More Info...	3:39
5)	The Fisher King	More Info...	4:13
6)	Little Earthquakes	More Info...	4:09
7)	There And Back	More Info...	4:05
8)	Silver	More Info...	3:29
9)	I'm Still Standing	More Info...	4:33
10)	I Heard An Owl	More Info...	4:08
11)	The Things I've Gone And Done	More Info...	4:30

Performer Notes

Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, guitar); Alison Krauss, Beth Lodge-Rigal, David Weber (vocals); Keith Skooglund (acoustic & electric guitars); Sam Bartlett (banjo); Chris Wagoner (dobro, mandolin, violin, accordion); Mary Gaines (cello, acoustic bass); Winton Reynolds (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Dan Lodgel-Rigal (piano); Jeff Hedback (electric bass); Jim Brock (drums, percussion).
Recorded at Airtime Studios, Echo Park Studios, Bloomington, Indiana, Ocean Way Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee.
Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, acoustic guitar); Keith Skooglund (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Chris Wagoner (dobro, mandolin, violin, accordion); Sam Bartlett (banjo); Mary Gaines (cello, acoustic bass); Winton Reynolds (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Jeff Hedback (electric bass); Jim Brock (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Mark Williams .
Recording information: Airtime Studio, Bloomington, IN; Echo Park Studios, Bloomington, IN; Oceanway Recording Studio, Nashville, TN.
Photographer: Se¤or McGuire.
Carrie Newcomer has a very distinct voice, one that you either like or don't like. Even if you are in the latter category, remember that the same has been said of folks like Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello and give Newcomer the props she deserves as a songwriter. Not that she's Dylan. She's actually pretty well lined up with Mary Chapin Carpenter, as she does come up with some pretty stunning lyrical turns. Hers is the world of truly grounded reality, of day-to-day simple beauty, of honesty in thought, word, and deed. Somehow that's not surprising, considering she calls Indiana her home. Her talent lies in how she transforms those small things into poetry that reveals the hidden depths therein. Newcomer calls upon her listeners to join her in the revelry as she gets straight to the point and lives her "life like it don't get much better." The reason behind this is quite simply put: "Most of our prisons are of our own makin'." It's a kinder, gentler take on "just do it." As for the musicianship on The Gathering of Spirits, it lacks nothing, with Alison Krauss harmonizing with her usual twangy soul on the title track. ~ Kelly McCartney