Karen Elson The Ghost Who Walks (CD, Third Man Records, 2010) ****
Genre: Americana
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.
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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