Saturday, March 27, 2021

The truth is in the dirt (Karen Elson) (LP 588)

Karen Elson The Ghost Who Walks (CD, Third Man Records, 2010) **** 

GenreAmericana 

Places I remember: A second hand shop in Waipu (when we lived in Maungaturoto) 

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: The Ghost Who Walks

Gear costume: Pretty Babies

Active compensatory factors: Jack White's former wife is probably best known for her stellar modelling career but this is a fine slice of Americana.

He produces this album, contributes drums, and it's on his record label, but it's certainly Karen's album. She writes some interesting songs, plays acoustic guitar, and sings them really well (I hope that's not faint praise or manslaining - I genuinely like the album and think she's really talented).

Where do they all belong? It sits very comfortably in the Americana section of my CD collection.

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