Roads in Disrepair - Andrew Calhoun, Calhoun, Andrew
Peach Song - Andrew Calhoun, Calhoun, Andrew
Portrait of a Girl and Her Parents - Andrew Calhoun, Calhoun, Andrew
Where Blue Meets Blue
Vancouver
River Song
Cows and the Highway
Wild Birds - Andrew Calhoun, MacLeod, Kate
Baby-0
Garage - Andrew Calhoun, Calhoun, Andrew
Hello in There - Andrew Calhoun, Prine, John
The Golden Gate Bridge
Politics
Reflections
Sea of Snow
Flowers on the Weekend
You Will Know God
The title track of "Where Blue Meets Blue" celebrates a reunion with a long lost cousin; "Buffalo" and "The King" feature Calhoun's trademark manic/mystical lyric style. "Portrait of a Girl and Her Parents" (with David Chi... more »ckering on cello) explores a girls' determination to survive as a free spirit. Gerry O'Neill plays fiddle and Kat Eggleston harmonizes on "Vancouver"; Calhoun covers John Prine's "Hello In There" and Kate MacLeod's "Wild Birds". MacLeod sings and plays fiddle on "Baby-O". "Peach Song and "River Song" feature non-human points of view; "Garage", about the exhaustion and ambivalence of daily life, presents a human one. Andrew Bird plays violin on the catchy "Politics". Working with new musical ideas, several songs feature melodic shifts into related modes within the songs' keys.« less
The title track of "Where Blue Meets Blue" celebrates a reunion with a long lost cousin; "Buffalo" and "The King" feature Calhoun's trademark manic/mystical lyric style. "Portrait of a Girl and Her Parents" (with David Chickering on cello) explores a girls' determination to survive as a free spirit. Gerry O'Neill plays fiddle and Kat Eggleston harmonizes on "Vancouver"; Calhoun covers John Prine's "Hello In There" and Kate MacLeod's "Wild Birds". MacLeod sings and plays fiddle on "Baby-O". "Peach Song and "River Song" feature non-human points of view; "Garage", about the exhaustion and ambivalence of daily life, presents a human one. Andrew Bird plays violin on the catchy "Politics". Working with new musical ideas, several songs feature melodic shifts into related modes within the songs' keys.
CD Reviews
How has Andrew Calhoun evaded you for so long?
08/31/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"How is it possible that an artist like Andrew Calhoun floats around unnoticed in the realm of singer/songerwriters? He is a rare artist that combines a classical guitar sound, poems and a unique baritone vocal for a sound so original and yet so welcoming and honest, you feel like you are coming home. If you're like me and grew up listening to the rock and pop music of the eighties and nineties, you probably starting tuning out the lyrics and just bobbed your head up and down, settling happily for a catchy tune. You may have shared my experience of discovering I've been singing along to a catchy song and suddenly realized it's not something I want to be saying much less singing at the top of my lungs out my car window. Anyway, I think you get the picture.Andrew Calhoun refuses to join the ranks of singer/songwriters that lead us all in the what I like to term the "jingle-trance" of modern rock/pop music and as a result, you probably have never heard him. When I heard this CD, I found myself actually studying and digesting the words and digging out the lyrics sheet.
A few highlights of the CD are:
"Roads in Disrepair" a song which creates the story of a town, pride and lost love. With the passing of seasons, time slowly makes love harder to rekindle until it is too late."Buffalo" a modern ballad connecting family generations and tradition."The Peach Song" an anthem about being on the verge of discovery, self or otherwise, through the eyes of a peach. This is a CD you will have to listen to a few times to catch all the symbolism and to fully apprecitate the artistry. A Guarunteed regular for your sound system.If you ever get the chance to see Andrew live, it is worth your time."
True folk music
04/07/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Calhoun's powerful voice envelops you from the first song on. He sings about little things, people with unnoticed lives, or moments from his past. It's amazing how he transforms these things into songs that will move you tears or laugh out loud. I quite like this CD and it motivated me enough to buy everything I could find by him. The best (in my opinion) is "Tiger Tattoo" which I bought from the label: Waterbug Records."
A great find!
02/05/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I just discoverd Andrew when I heard him play at a local folk festival. Wow what a find! Man, the guy has a great voice and he is an amazing mix of folk singer and story teller. Anyone who like Dylan or Prine will dig Calhoun. I have to agree with the reviewer who says see him live. His voice just takes over a room. The man has a gift."
His Best
Kristin Antelman | Chapel Hill, NC USA | 10/31/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Where Blue Meets Blue is Andrew Calhoun's masterpiece. You will find yourself drawn back into this record, and each time discovering more. Calhoun's lyrics build not-simple layers of meaning, so you will feel (especially if you're new to him) that you're not grasping much. But the enveloping, lovely, intimate melodies and the stories they carry eventually show you otherwise.
The highlights of this record are so many, really every song. Cycles of seasons and life in Roads in Disrepair ("caught myself still loving you"), Where Blue Meets Blue ("you find the gate that dreams pass through"), Vancouver (songs that feature place names are usually great, as is this one), River Song ("where's your echo's portrait gone"). And then there is You Will Know God, the opening guitar previewing its insanely beautiful and haunting melody, which will stop you in your tracks. Preview the others but not that one.
Track Listings (19) - Disc #1