If you've never heard of Eva Cassidy check out Somewhere Over The Rainbow. It will blow your mind. Another arist who did it her way but with Eva,,, might be, and would have been, one of the greatest singers of all time.
I heard Karen Dalton for the first time when a movie ended. It was the closing song of a movie… I jumped up and ran to the television to make sure I didn’t miss the credits! OMG. It’s been live ever since. I’m sorry I didn’t know her music until 2010. I had always been a fan of folk and was learning guitar throughout the 70’s.
The original line, which comes from a passage in Henry David Thoreau's 1854 work, Walden was: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Interesting how that has morphed with Linda Ronstadt's *Different Drum* to "You and I travel to the beat of a different drum", to more recently "...marches to the beat of their own drum", as you use it. I think one you stick to the original quote as much as possible, lest one seem uneducated.
When I first moved to Boulder Colorado with my family in 1964, Karen played the Attic folk cafe on Pearl Street that same year. I had no idea who she was at that time and I was I was only 14. But a few years later I met her while hiking around Summerville, an old mining town outside of Boulder. A brief encounter - she was playing guitar on the porch and waved to me as I walked up the hill by her cabin. Years later, I finally learned about her, the time she spent in Boulder, and her sad demise. Rest in Peace, dear Karen.
Its a few years since I searched for Karen Dalton, she's on my workshop mp3. RIP. Green green grassy etc is fabulous and good to see that new bio material/ footage is available nowadays.
Karen Dalton sticks to me, is a part of me. Another solitary true artist is Connie Converse ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gowqgGxDrE0.htmlsi=bJYCxXnSILxIFTsV
A friend asked me to get her 2nd LP. Rolling Stone reviewed it. When I played it I was stunned by her voice. My friend was too. I read something about it at the time comparing her voice to Laura Nyro. Her earlier record is easier on the ears. We thought at the time it was a much older person singing on that 2nd LP.
Her interpretation of ‘sweet substitute’ is what got me hooked. The sound was something that i had been searching for and stumbling upon her recordings was truly a gift. You can’t help but be frustrated by her lack of output but I think her art lives on in the artists that she has inspired. Joanna Newsom being my personal favourite.
There are a lot of artists that I would say marches to the best of their own drum, nut one that I really say does it consistently is Dani Lee Pearce, an artists whose music is a mix of progressive pop and theatrical showtunes. Brilliant works that aren't for everybody, but certainly worth exploration.
I'm on a KD kick lately. This woman's voice is SO expressive and unique. I have no words for it. If that's not impressive enough, she's a legit fingerpicking guitarist and banjo player with a world class folk repertoire.
Great video! Vince one of my faves and this album doesn’t get enough flowers. Although I didn’t like it initially, it grew on me and think it’s one of his most introspective albums regarding celebrity.
Insanely underrated project by Vince. It's my favorite album by him and deserves so much more attention and praise. Glad more people and channels are speaking out about it. Excellent project with insanely good production.
I was listening to this album two days ago and thought the same, it sounds like nothing else, truly unique. I think it will achieve cult status in the future. Also it helped me go through a rough time back in 2018, so thanks Vince.
I wasn't a fan of the album at first. It was so different from what he was doing. Within a few months I absolutely fell in love with the album. A masterpiece
I became a Vince fan after her self-titled in 2021 and have enjoyed his most recent release of Ramona Park Broke My Heart as well. Really great video, I think I'm going to visit his older projects starting with this one after watching this.
