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Kate Campbell - Rosaryville

Great new album by a literary American songwriter. Nanci Griffiths with bite...

A Flannery O'Connor quotation on the sleeve of Kate Campbell's fourth album Roosaryville is a fair indication of what goes on inside. Campbell is a literary southern States of America singer songwriter who tells ordinary stories of every day lives and always brings a depth charge of truth to bear. All with a spiritual twist. Rosaryville is her most fulfilled work to date. There are the tales; Rosa a cigar roller (Rosa's Coronas); a mother about to leave her son an orphan (Who Will Pray For Junior); brother Joseph building the wonders of the world in his own backyard (Ave Maria Grotto); and Kate herself and her relationship with home (In My Mother's House). There are the one line pearls of simple yet profound wisdom; "It's a long and slow surrender, retreating from the past" (Look Away), "Some like to hear themselves talk but seldom say anything at all" (Heart Of Hearts); "And when time erodes everything man-made, true devotion will still remain" (Ave Maria Grotto). This lady is Nanci Griffiths with depth and bite. Brilliant songs, brilliantly executed. Let's hope they don't go brilliantly unheard.

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