Milk of the Moon

Milk of the Moon

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Greg Brown sounds like he has dirt beneath his fingernails, gravel in his throat, and stars in his eyes. Milk of the Moon, the 19th album of Brown's career, reasserts his dual status as both the bard of the heartland and the Barry White of folk-blues. It's the first Brown disc in a good while not to feature the smoky slide guitar of Bo Ramsey (who was busy recording and touring with Lucinda Williams), and the result is the simpler, spare sound of the tender, nostalgic ballad "Telling Stories" and the spine-tingling opener "Lull It Bye." There are some new touches, too: an organ on "Steady Love," a vocal distortion effect on "Let Me Be Your Gigolo" and "The Moon Is Nearly Full," and here and there the harmonies of Karen Savoca (who succeeds the likes of Prudence Johnson and Kate MacKenzie as Brown's female vocal foil). It may not match classics like Further In, The Poet Game, and In the Dark with You, but Milk of the Moon is a worthy addition to Brown's rich catalog. --Anders Smith Lindall

Tracks:

Lull It By
A Little Excited
Let Me Be Your Gigolo
Smell Of Coffee
Milk Of The Moon
Mud
Ashamed Of Our Love
Steady Love
The Moon Is Nearly Full
Telling Stories
Never So Far
Oh You

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Greg Brown sounds like he has dirt beneath his fingernails, gravel in his throat, and stars in his eyes. Milk of the Moon, the 19th album of Brown's career, reasserts his dual status as both the bard of the heartland and the Barry White of folk-blues. It's the first Brown disc in a good while not to feature the smoky slide guitar of Bo Ramsey (who was busy recording and touring with Lucinda Williams), and the result is the simpler, spare sound of the tender, nostalgic ballad "Telling Stories" and the spine-tingling opener "Lull It Bye." There are some new touches, too: an organ on "Steady Love," a vocal distortion effect on "Let Me Be Your Gigolo" and "The Moon Is Nearly Full," and here and there the harmonies of Karen Savoca (who succeeds the likes of Prudence Johnson and Kate MacKenzie as Brown's female vocal foil). It may not match classics like Further In, The Poet Game, and In the Dark with You, but Milk of the Moon is a worthy addition to Brown's rich catalog. --Anders Smith Lindall

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant Greg Brown.......2003-11-15

Once again Greg Brown covers the full spectrum of emotions with fine lyrics and beautiful music ranging from a solo banjo to some sweet blues guitar. I recommend this album for the long time Greg Brown listener as well as for a first time Greg Brown purchase. I've been a fan of Greg Brown since the 80's when I heard him on PHC and purchased 44&66 on vinyl. Milk of the Moon is fine album.

mellifluous and memorable.......2003-01-18

I got this album today and can't stop listening to it. "Telling Stories" and "Oh You" are two of the best songs I've heard in a long long time. Greg Brown's baritone, unlike some who have ended up that way after years of vocal abuse, seems natural and unforced. This album just flows, and is one of the best folk albums of the year.

Greg does it again!!!!! A future Country/Folk masterpiece.......2002-09-29

I had expected to just hear a typical Greg Brown album. ALWAYS PROFILIC. I was jamming to this new CD with a passion. This album could go down to be very well be one of the first new Folk "masterpiece" of the new century. Greg once again is true to his roots, as he does perform in a personal and warm premise. One of my favorite tracks would be "A Little Excited" (I hope when he performs in concert at McCabe's Guitar Shop in L.A. next time, he will perform that track) Heck, with an album of exceptional quality as this, who wouldn't be a "little excited" over ??? Peace - JG "The Bear"

Back to Form.......2002-04-16

Greg Brown is probably the only musician of whom I would say I am a fan. Generally, I feel affinity for albums rather than musicians. But I look forward to each release of Greg's because his music connects with me so frequently. Not every album does that, but more than is true of most musicians. For example, I thought his last album, "Covenant," was not up to his usual standards of songwriting and it didn't really connect with me.

"Milk of the Moon," on the other hand, is a step back toward "Poet Game" and "Further In" and "Slant 6 Mind," which are the albums I regard as his strongest and some of the best albums ever recorded by anyone. This one has a different sound and feel, which is not surprising since he is working with different musicians, a different producer, and in a different studio. But there is no mistaking it is still a Greg Brown record, and, for my money, it is an excellent one.

Greg Does the Milky Way.......2002-04-12

Veteran folkbard Greg Brown knows the dark and muddy places of the heart. On his latest Redhouse Recording, he sings of love found, lost, and better left alone. With ethereal vocal backup from Karen Savoca, and the sometimes structured, sometimes writhing backup from axe-ter Pete Heitzman, Greg's smoky voice alternately comforts, confronts, and condemns.
The recording visits dark blues ("The Moon is Nearly Full"), primitive country (a lilting "Lull it Bye", featuring just Greg and his banjo), even 60's Hammond Organ funk ("Steady Love"). In "Smell of Coffee", Greg paints a vivid minimalist picture, with just a few sharply defined strokes. In "Telling Stories", Greg does what Greg does best: conjures up a time, place and feel so real we can all drop by for a rest. For that, we thank him.

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Apport
Tex La Homa
Manufacturer: Milk & Moon Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056D6J
Release Date: 2007-02-19

Tracks:

See You Smile
Harmonium 2
These Things Daily
Only Dreaming
Clostridium
Never Ending Road
Pendle Hill
Clear

Album Details

One of England's Most Acclaimed Indie-folk Acts Offers Milk and Moon Recordings One of his Most Heartbreaking Collection of Songs - as Always with Tex La Homa, the Songs Are Beautifully Crafted and Developed with an Almost Painful Sincerity but Now Bear a New Sense of Introspective Rage and a Desperate, Teeth-gritting Intensity as Well.

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Collectors only
Spring Equinox
Very minimalistic.

Spring Equinox: Moon's Milk
Coil
Manufacturer: Pidm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000883J
Release Date: 2000-07-18

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Moon's Milk
Under an Unquiet Sun

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Limited edition release, the first in a series of four EPs. Contains two tracks, cryptically entitled 'Started: 20.3.97 13:51 pm' and 'Ended: 20.3.98 19:40 pm'. 16 minutes long. 1998 Eskaton/ World Serpent release. Slimline jewel case.

Album Details

Limited Edition Release. First in a Series of 4.

Customer Reviews:

Collectors only.......2000-08-12

This CD sounds cool but is only 16 minutes long, just make sure to buy Coils full length albums first.

Spring Equinox.......2000-02-06

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1. Moon's Milk
2. Or Under An Unquiet Skull

first release in the equinox solstice series. very beautiful, creative, flowing music. more abstract in structure than the other three, but definitely worth a listen. two eight minute songs form the best unknown artists ever known.

Very minimalistic........1998-06-28

This limited edition CD, released for the Spring Equinox and deleted upon the arrival of the Summer Solstice, is not for the beginner Coil fan; although, if you think you're a potential fan, you may want to grab this while you still can.

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Catlandgrey
Catlandgrey
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so nice.......2006-06-26

Imagine the sweeping epic grandeur of Godspeed You Black Emperor, the glistening frosted filigree of Sigur Ros and the dark folk gravity of Steve Von Till of Neurosis' solo work all combined within one album. Sound good to you? It sure does to me! Such is the case with Catlandgrey's self-titled album. Utter sprawling gorgeousness. Simple spare drumming spread out over swoonsome dreaminess and moody melancholia, horns moan, bells chime, guitars shimmer and drift, vocals whisper and croon, everything wrapped in a glistening mist of reverb, flecked with tiny glimmers of electronica glitchery. So nice.

Packaged in a hand numbered black digipak with a tiny flying cat photo affixed to the front and a googly eye!

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Sour Milk Moon

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Ministry Of Sound Trance Nation America ; Taylor & Jimmy Van M
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Disc 2 Held Accountable For Brief Love Affair With Trance Genre!

Ministry Of Sound Trance Nation America ; Taylor & Jimmy Van M

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First part of a new series from the hugely popular UK label, Ministry Of Sound, mixed by Taylor and Jimmy Van M. 2000 release. Slimline double jewel case housed in a slipcase.

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Disc 2 Held Accountable For Brief Love Affair With Trance Genre!.......2007-07-19

Bought this album the week it was released in 2000. This was still during the days when I had no idea what the difference between electronica's multiple genres were. I liked electronic music and my usual pattern in buying electronica albums was to hear a track at a club or on the radio, find out the name and buy a two disc compilation album just for the sole reason that that one recognizable track name was listed on the back. Come on...most of us started like this right?!

Well this album was my first "I don't recognize any of the listed tracks" / "What the hell is trance anyway?" impulsive electronica purchases. A two disc album featuring two different trance DJ's that was suppose to represent America's unique style and sound of trance during that time period.

Disc 1 is mixed by Taylor. Not much to get excited about with this set. Mixing is not overly impressive either.

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Although my tastes in electronica have changed, I sometimes wonder if I would have stayed a trance fan longer if more commerical trance albums included sets like this one. I still go back and listen to a lot of older trance albums that get these rave reviews (e.g. Tranceport by Paul Oakenfold) but I'm never as impressed as I was initially with disc 2 of Trance Nation America.

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Les Eaux Territoriales
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Over 23 minutes of fresh music by Nick Grey and English guitarist Nicholas Davis, silvery hypnotic guitar lines, distant drum poundings, desolate vocals and a distinct end-of-the-world / lost-at-sea feel. Les Eaux Territoriales is the first volume of Nick's mini-series Unclear Perspectives : each further volume will be centered around one or several specific instruments and will revolve around its own original musical axis and its own set of collaborators. Les Eaux Territoriales is Milk and moon recordings' first release.Nick Grey is a member of the group 48 Cameras, (which have collaborated with prestigious artists such as Charlemagne Palestine, Gerard Malanga, Michael Gira or Paul Buck), and his other projects include a solo full length album (out on Hand/eye early 2006) and an EP. Nicholas Davis is a talented improv guitarist from the UK, and Nick's full-time collaborator since 2004.

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