Kelsey Waldon
There's Always a Song
PopMatters 80点相当
S.G. Goodman 参加曲あり
カントリー ミュージック色が濃い作品
https://www.popmatters.com/kelsey-waldon-theres-always-song
Fellow Western Kentuckian S.G. Goodman joins Waldon to great effect on the old Carter Family tune, “Hello Stranger”. Contemporary audiences best know the 1973 cover of the song by Emmylou Harris and Nicolette Larson rather than the original 1937 featuring Mother Maybelle (Carter). Many other artists have offered their renditions. Waldon and Goodman present two versions here that, despite being listed differently (one is labeled a radio edit and is slightly shorter and catchier), are very similar.
“Hello Stranger” is an odd song. It’s an unhappy one about a man going to prison and being separated from his true love, but it is filled with peppy hooks. The lyrics aren’t clear—who is the stranger that gives the song its name—that adds to its mysteriousness. Waldon and Goodman do a nice job of keeping things sprightly without underplaying the essential sadness of the song (i.e., “weeping like a willow / moaning like a dove”). The two voices complement each other as they give each other room to sing and then harmonize as needed.
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