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構成数 |
1 |
国内/輸入 |
輸入 (ヨーロッパ盤) |
パッケージ仕様 |
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発売日 |
2017年02月24日 |
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規格品番 |
7559793961 |
レーベル |
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SKU |
075597939613 |
構成数 | 1枚
合計収録時間 | 00:49:56
Audio Mixer: Dirk Powell. Recording information: Bunker Studios, Brooklyn, NY; Sessions Studio, Greensboro, NC; The Cypress House, Breaux Bridge, LA. Photographer: John Peets. Rhiannon Giddens has always been keenly aware of the arc of American history -- the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the 2000s band she once led, was designed as a critique of the darker moments of Americana -- but Freedom Highway, her second solo album, puts her intent into perspective. Where her 2015 solo debut, Tomorrow Is My Turn, was essentially a covers album, gaining its importance through context, Freedom Highway relies on originals, but the past is never far behind. This should be expected from Giddens, who is at her core a folk artist building upon -- and expanding -- tradition, but it's still startling to realize how she establishes a vernacular at the outset of Freedom Highway, then explores all of the possibilities of African-American folk music on the album. "At the Purchaser's Option," the song that inaugurates Freedom Highway, explicitly evokes slavery, and it's spare and haunting, standing in contrast to the title-track closer, a funky number that illustrates how far African-Americans have traveled during the course of the history of the United States. Throughout Freedom Highway, Giddens plays with this idea -- how oppression gave way to freedom -- and it's not just through her lyrics, but how the music expands as the album reaches its conclusion: at the outset, it seems austere, but by its conclusion it's a robust celebration of all the weird, wonderful parts of America. This isn't an accident. Freedom Highway draws upon deep American traditions, and while its form may be a throwback, it speaks to a time when the phrase "Black Lives Matter" can be seen as controversial and, in doing so, it illustrates how these issues are deeply ingrained in American life and cannot be forgotten. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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1.[CD]
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1.At the Purchaser's Option
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2.The Angels Laid Him Away
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3.Julie
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4.Birmingham Sunday
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5.Better Get It Right the First Time
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6.We Could Fly
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7.Hey Bebe
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8.Come Love Come
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9.The Love We Almost Had
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10.Baby Boy
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11.Following the North Star
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12.Freedom Highway
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キャロライナ・チョコレート・ドロップスの紅一点によるソロ2作目は、馴染みのT・ボーン・バーネットではなく、ダーク・パウエルのプロデュース。表題にも掲げたステイプル・シンガーズ曲など、公民権運動時代のナンバーも披露し、米国の歴史を振り返ることでトランプ政権にNoを突きつけるような内容だ。ごく簡素なアメリカーナ・サウンドに、怒りや悲しみ、そして希望や勇気が混在した歌声を力強く響かせている。圧巻。
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