I have No words to describe this Incredible lady and her transcendental music... I wish I had discovered her a long time before I did... Ten years ago my life fell apart... literally in every way possible... And I found this woman and her music... And I'm still here...
I will go to my deathbed saying: Nanci Griffith was/is one of the most under-rated, yet one of most influential, and uniquely great an artist, in both America and Europe, over the last 4+ decades. 4 decades now since her first LP release. 4+ decades of soothing, moving, angelic Music. Kudos to all of NG's work; over her lifetime, and for making my own life a bit gentler, and kinder ~!~ Proof Angels do exist on Earth, if but for a short while.
First time I heard her, it was this song. I'd worked a double shift and was dog tired, but I stayed up and watched every moment of that show, even though it was nearly 2 a.m. Simply a beautiful woman with an angelic voice....
Nanci is grace. This song breaks my heart. Nanci Griffith is a first-rate storytelling and refined musician, because with simplicity she puts into play real life stories with poetry, and she does it with great humanity and piety and with a disarming purity. Nanci's songs are so deep and magical. This song, "Love at the Five and Dime", is a pearl from every point of view. It is absolutely at the top of my favorites. If the angels sing, they sing like Nanci. Love.
