Songs from the Levee

Artist: Kate Campbell
Label: Demon
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 740155078027
EAN: 0740155078027
ASIN: B000024LJE

Release Date: 1996-04-29

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Customer Reviews:

Bonus for Quoting Eudora Welty.......2003-06-23

As might be clear from the title, this is Southern folk, shot through with memory and heat. Kate Campbell quotes Eudora Welty on the fusion of past and present, living and dead. One song includes sound bites from George Wallace and Martin Luther King, whose voices -- espousing and denouncing segregation -- sound remarkably alike. Some of the songs are excellent, particularly in the second half of the play list -- Jerusalem Inn, Trains Don't Run From Nashville, and -- ending the CD on the best note -- Bury Me in Bluegrass. All that said, there's a torpor here too, not a whole lot of passion expended in the playing or the singing and a couple of very weak songs -- Locust Years, the album's shortest cut, seems endless and trite. Good, but makes me wonder if she challenges herself more on some of her other recordings.

songs from the levee.......2002-09-14

I LOVE ALL HER RELEASES AND CANT WAIT TO BOOK HER. GO TO HER WEBSITE AND CHECK OUT THE SHOW NEAREST YOU. AFTERWARDS COME BACK AND BUY ONE OR ALL LIKE I DID.

Clear Southern Voice.......2001-03-25

Kate Campbell is the real deal. I know, you've heard that one before. But stop and listen. Her voice is crystal clear, and you know she's thinking about what she's singing when she's singing it. I can't find a false note in the whole record. And I find myself singing her tunes long after the CD player has stopped. But hearing her on CD and live are two different things. If you like her recordings, by all means seek her out and see her live. You will be transformed.

A Trip to Amateur Night.......2000-06-12

Songs from the Levee is one of those CDs that I should like, but just can't. I've tried, really. The songs remind me of a watered-down version of Lucinda Williams while you're listening, but are instantly forgotten once the CD's over. I usually listen to music at work and find myself turning the volume low on many of the songs because the lyrics are embarassingly bad. "I like a man like a buffalo"? Come on, please, this one could've been written by a junior high kid fresh out of a "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" cartoon-fest. Time to bring this one to the Used CD exchange....

A wonderful singer with a beautiful voice.......1999-02-14

I just saw Kate Campbell play last night-she was warm, funny, and sang beautifully. Backed by nothing but her guitar, her voice conveyed the message of her songs in a way hard to describe with words. Try any of her albums. If you like songs that evoke images of your past or you can connect to on a personel level, you will enjoy Kate Campbell.

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