Erica Smith

Erica Smith

Track Listings

1. The Snows They Melt the Soonest

2. Driftless

3. Fine Horseman

4. Come Around

5. No More, My Lord

6. Now Westlin Winds

7. Love You All the Way

8. By the Mark

Editorial Reviews
Time Out London
Deeply moving, expressively intimate songs.

Product Description
Sparkling singing, timeless songs: A classic folk album like those made during the heyday of the sixties Greenwich Village scene.

Erica Smith

Tracks:

The Snows They Melt the Soonest
Driftless
Fine Horseman
Come Around
No More, My Lord
Now Westlin Winds
Love You All the Way
By the Mark

Album Description

Sparkling singing, timeless songs: A classic folk album like those made during the heyday of the sixties Greenwich Village scene.

Customer Reviews:

Coffeehouse Folk.......2007-06-14

Erica Smith's debut CD from 2001 is a folk music gem that hearkens back to the folk era of the early 1960s when Bob Dylan, Eric Von Schmidt & Peter, Paul & Mary did gigs at coffeehouses. Although other musicians guest on the disc, it is predominately Erica's guitar and unadorned voice singing songs in a traditional folk style. She sings Greg Brown's "Driftless" with a forlorn wistfulness that brings out the beauty of the simple melody and lovely lyric, "Let us cry all of our tears, cry them all out now; Let them flow down & clean all the rivers; And the evening sky is the reason why I'm going driftless." Rebecca Hall's "Come Around" sparkles with Smith's tender touch. "No More, My Lord" is a gospel tune with Alison Kelley on harmonies in a vocal rendering of spiritual dedication to doing the will of God. Erica wrote "Love You All the Way," a sweet melody & lyric that articulates romantic devotion. The CD concludes with Gillian Welch & David Rawling's "By the Mark." With only eight tracks, this independent recording is short & sweet. It is well worth exploring for fans of the traditional folk sound. Enjoy!

Fine, fine music.......2003-03-10

Intimate, pure, unaffected, calm. Traditional and modern melodies, one by Erica, plus a surprising duet. Like a small and varied exhibition of black and white photos, each executed with transcendent care, each with passion right at the surface or just below. Fine, fine music, and great promise. If you like the mp3 downloads then you'll like the whole album.

Simple and graceful.......2002-12-11

I like this record. It reminds me of Judy Collins and Joan Baez. I listen to it a lot and the whole family enjoys it.

Good CD - just not enough of it.......2002-11-02

This was my first time to buy an Erica Smith CD, and while I really enjoyed the music, I was disappointed with the brevity of it. The CD is less than 24 minutes from start to finish. Good music often leaves us with a sense of wanting more, but this product left me feeling like I was short changed as well.

Average customer rating:

Superb rendition of neglected French Songs

Oiseau Bleu

Manufacturer: New Albion Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000R42
Release Date: 1995-10-17

Tracks:

Oh! Si les fleurs avaient des yeux
Crepuscule
Souvenez-vous, Vierge Marie!
C'est l'amour!
Sept Hai-Kais: I. Preface du Kokinshiou
Sept Hai-Kais: II. Les herbes de l'oubli...
Sept Hai-Kais: III. Le coq...
Sept Hai-Kais: IV. La petite tortue...
Sept Hai-Kais: V. La lune d'automne...
Sept Hai-Kais: VI. Alors...
Sept Hai-Kais: VII. L'ete
Chansons pour les oiseaux: La colombe poignardee
Chansons pour les oiseaux: Le petit pigeon bleu
Chansons pour les oiseaux: L'oiseau bleu
Chansons pour les oiseaux: Le petit serin en cage
Trois poemes desenchantes: I. Guitare
Trois poemes desenchantes: II. 'Tu passais...'
Trois poemes desenchantes: III. 'Si ton esprit...'
Les deux pigeons
Le soir
Le temps des roses
L'absent
Viens! Les gazons sont verts!
Trois chants de la jungle: I. Chil le vautour
Trois chants de la jungle: II. Maktah
Trois chants de la jungle: III. Themmangu

Customer Reviews:

Superb rendition of neglected French Songs.......1998-12-08

This disk contains some exquisite art songs by Massenet and Gounod, many of which I have never seen in other French art song collections. They are interspersed with the songs of two 20th century composers, Louis Beydts and Maurice Delage. Beydts's music is quite lyrical and tonal, reminiscent of the later songs of Reynaldo Hahn - the real jewel is his "L'Oiseau Bleu" (also the title of the CD). Delage's is slightly more modernistic - I think his subtle French wit is lost a bit on me. The high point of this disk is Zimmer's performance of the Massenet songs. It is no wonder the most singers have ignored these songs, the lyrical melodic lines that soar thru the upper register must be quite a feat, and Zimmer makes them sound effortless. She sings Massenet with the same technical brilliance as Beverly Sills and with incredible clarity of tone and warmth.

Average customer rating:

Brilliant stuff
Reprise, and promise fulfilled

Friend or Foe
Erica Smith
Manufacturer: Listen Here Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Erica Smith

ASIN: B00007LPAM
Release Date: 2002-10-29

Tracks:

31st Avenue
Thanks Just the Same
A War Is On
Johnny Come Down to Hilo
Wayfaring Stranger
Love YOu All the Way
Oh, Death
Rose In Winter
Pretty Saro

Album Description

Lush pop, soul, and twang, with a touch of traditional roots-and-blues mayhem.

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant stuff.......2003-07-26

Great album IMO-- this one expands the basic folk of her first-- but in a good way-- very nice arrangements, esp. on the more
trad. ones like "O Death" (amazing performance IMO) & "Johnny
Come Down to Hilo." & her take on Carolyn Hall's "Thanks Just the Same"--- brilliant song-- as strong or more so than CH's. In a way, Smith (& Hall too) are a return to the pristine sound of early '60's Joan Baez & Judy Collins, with some elements recalling Pentangle. But especially Smith is very contemporary too. One of the best albums of the year I think.

Reprise, and promise fulfilled.......2003-03-10

Following her monochrome and moving debut album, Erica Smith's "friend or foe" is color with a full range of backup instruments. Her voice remains pure and intimate across a collage of traditional and modern melodies that contain many happy surprises. Most striking about this album are her three superb compositions "31st Avenue," "A War Is On" and "Love You All The Way" (the last reprised from her first album). These are rich songs, in the vein of Gillian Welch and Leonard Cohen. "A War" is powerful. The mp3 downloads represent the album perfectly. They led me to buy both of Erica's albums and soon become a champion of her music with anyone who'll listen.

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