☭ marselip0910 叶俊华™

Label Rounder(小紅莓女主唱個人專輯 那家公司)
Release Date Feb 23, 2010

Before and After is the 12th Rounder release from singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer. Focusing on change and transformation, this layered work is on one level an exploration of life with a progressive spiritual sensibility. On a second level, the listener is exposed to Newcomer's adept guitar work, soulful voice, and unique musicality which stays true to her folk roots, while at the same time allowing Appalachian and classical music to influence her body of work. Newcomer is known for her reflective, poignant lyrics, and this album proves no different. As an added bonus, the album features Mary Chapin Carpenter on the title track, "Before and After." The combination of two of acoustic music's most talented female vocalists is subtle and beautiful.

Carrie Newcomer (born on May 25, 1958 in Dowagiac, Michigan) is an American singer and songwriter. Performing since 1980, she has released a number of solo albums since 1991, most recently Before and After.

Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, acoustic guitar, bouzouki); Keith Skooglund (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Chris Wagoner (lap steel guitar, dobro, mandolin, violin, viola); Mary Gaines (cello); Gary ... Full DescriptionWalters (piano, Wurlitzer piano, field organ); Byron House (upright bass, electric bass); Jim Brock (drums, percussion).

Recording information: Airtime Studio, Bloomington, IN.

1. Before and After
2. Ghost Train
3. I Do Not Know Its Name
4. Stones in the River
5. If Not Now
6. Small Flashlight, A
7. I Meant to Do My Work Today
8. Simple Change of Heart, A
9. Hush
10. Coy Dogs
11. Do No Harm
12. I Wish I May, I Wish I Might
13. Crash of Rhinoceros, A



Carrie Newcomer - The Geography Of Light


Label Rounder Select
Release Date Feb 12, 2008

1. There Is a Tree
2. Clean Edge of Change, The
3. Map of Shadows, A
4. Geodes
5. Two Toasts
6. Where You Been
7. Biscuits and Butter
8. Mean Kind of Justice, A
9. Leaves Don't Drop (They Just Let Go)
10. You'd Think by Now
11. One Woman and a Shovel
12. Lazarus
13. Throw Me a Line
14. Don't Push Send - (Bonus Track)


band recording that frames Newcomer's warm, burnished vocals and delicate acoustic guitar with piano, strings and percussion, GEOGRAPHY OF LIGHT recalls such vintage singer-songwriters as Joni Mitchell and Carole King on mature, thoughtful songs like "There Is A Tree" and "A Map of Shadows." Other highlights include "A Mean Kind of Justice" and "You'd Think By Now."

Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki); Chris Wagoner (vocals, lap steel guitar, dobro, ukulele, violin, viola); Mary Gaines (vocals, baritone ukulele, cello); Krista Detor (vocals, field organ); Michael White (vocals); Keith Skooglund (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Slats Klug (harmonica, accordion, piano); Anne Corrigan (English horn); Gary Walters (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Jeff Hedback (upright bass, electric bass); Jim Brock (drums, percussion).

Dirty Linen (p.41) - "Carrie Newcomer's music comes from heartland, heart, and spirit....[W]ith some string lines and quiet melodies that will please listeners of classical music and classic folk, as well."
Harp (magazine) (p.115) - "Carrie Newcomer imparts weighty wisdoms and searches for universal truths...grafting complex verse to the sweetest, un-fussiest of post-folk, country-informed, pop-shaded melodies..."



Betty's Diner: The Best Of Carrie Newcomer


Label Philo
Release Date Jan 27, 2004

1. Toward the Horizon - (previously unreleased)
2. Betty's Diner - (previously unreleased)
3. Bowling Baby - (previously unreleased)
4. I'll Go Too
5. Bare to the Bone
6. When It's Gone It's Gone
7. Love Is Wide
8. Gathering of Spirits, The
9. Hold On
10. I Should've Known Better
11. Moon Over Tucson, The
12. When One Door Closes
13. Threads
14. Yes of Yes, The
15. Only One Shoe
16. Straight to the Point
17. My Father's Only Son $0.99
18. Three Women

Artist-chosen best-of recordings can be problematic because though in some way the artist is uniquely qualified to know what worked and what didn't, she isn't always party to the knowledge of what connects with audiences. This 17-track best-of is rather strange. For those who are unacquainted with the work of Carrie Newcomer, there is little incentive to purchase this. Like many of her peers, Newcomer takes herself very seriously in virtually every song she writes, and her delivery is that of the "classic" impassioned and intimate, post-1970s singer/songwriter. If it comes off as narcissistic, that's because it is impossible to write songs like this without being so. The reliance on individual discovery and revelation is a bit insular even as it tries to engage the world outside, hence making her oeuvre a shelf of politically correct (the 20th century's inadvertent contribution to cultural censorship), granola-coated relativist spiritual observations about life in the process of being lived every day, with only tiny, incongruant messes revealed for the like-minded listener to garner requisite empathy for. In other words, don't look for challenges to any real status quo here, left, right or center. However, there are literally legions of listeners for whom this music comes off as sincere, honest, and drenched in truth, and one would have a hard time arguing with them because Newcomer is about as far from cynical as you can get. For these people, this collection will come off as a treasure trove, with a few items that perhaps should have been included, left off, and some on that should have been left off, but that is the standard quibble with such collections. Newcomer's generosity as an artist does come off in spades and off-kilter as she opens the album with three unreleased songs unique to this set, giving the faithful who have bought her nine previous outings something special for their money. As is evidenced by the track list, Newcomer has a way of seeing her work holistically and as a continuum, and her selections reflect this, along with a wry sense of humor and her obvious spiritual and social convictions. ~Thom Jurek

Audio Remasterer: Greg Calbi.

Liner Note Authors: Parker J. Palmer; Carrie Newcomer.

Recording information: Airtime Studio, Bloomington, IN; Echo Park Studios, Bloomington, IN; Reflection Studios, Charlotte, NC; Silo Studio, Indianapolis, IN; The Lodge, Indianapolis, IN.

Photographer: Senor McGuire.

Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Donald Lawrence , Alison Krauss (vocals); Keith Skooglund (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo); Jason Wilber (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Sandy Williams (electric guitar); Chris Wagner (lap steel guitar, mandolin, violin); Jason Wilbur (mandolin); Grey Larson (fiddle, flute, concertina); Andre Gaskins, Polina Unamsky, Mary Gaines (cello); Tom Clark (saxophone); Mark Buselli (trumpet); Brent Wallarab (trombone); Winton Reynolds, David Brykalski Wierhake, Gary Walters, Richard Putnam (piano); Michael Read (Wurlitzer organ, keyboards); Jeff Hedback (acoustic bass, electric bass); Jeff Farias (acoustic bass); Jamey Reid, Jim Brock, Dane Clark (drums, percussion).

Audio Mixers: Dave Weber; Mark Anthony Williams; Michael Graham; Robert Meitus; Carrie Newcomer.


Carrie Newcomer - Gathering Of Spirits


Label Philo
Release Date Sep 10, 2002

1. Holy as a Day Is Spent
2. Straight to the Point
3. I'll Go Too
4. Gathering of Spirits, The
5. Fisher King, The
6. Little Earthquakes
7. There and Back
8. Silver
9. I'm Still Standing
10. I Heard an Owl
11. Things I've Gone and Done, The

Carrie Newcomer has a very distinct voice, one that you either like or don't like. Even if you are in the latter category, remember that the same has been said of folks like Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello and give Newcomer the props she deserves ... Full Descriptionas a songwriter. Not that she's Dylan. She's actually pretty well lined up with Mary Chapin Carpenter, as she does come up with some pretty stunning lyrical turns. Hers is the world of truly grounded reality, of day-to-day simple beauty, of honesty in thought, word, and deed. Somehow that's not surprising, considering she calls Indiana her home. Her talent lies in how she transforms those small things into poetry that reveals the hidden depths therein. Newcomer calls upon her listeners to join her in the revelry as she gets straight to the point and lives her "life like it don't get much better." The reason behind this is quite simply put: "Most of our prisons are of our own makin'." It's a kinder, gentler take on "just do it." As for the musicianship on The Gathering of Spirits, it lacks nothing, with Alison Krauss harmonizing with her usual twangy soul on the title track. ~ Kelly McCartney

Feat.Guest Vocalist Alison Krauss On Title Track.

Recorded at Airtime Studios, Echo Park Studios, Bloomington, Indiana, Ocean Way Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee.

Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, acoustic guitar); Keith Skooglund (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Chris Wagoner (dobro, mandolin, violin, accordion); Sam Bartlett (banjo); Mary Gaines (cello, acoustic bass); Winton Reynolds (piano, Wurlitzer organ); Jeff Hedback (electric bass); Jim Brock (drums, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Mark Williams .

Recording information: Airtime Studio, Bloomington, IN; Echo Park Studios, Bloomington, IN; Oceanway Recording Studio, Nashville, TN.

Photographer: Senor McGuire.

Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, guitar); Alison Krauss, Beth Lodge-Rigal, David Weber (vocals); Keith Skooglund (acoustic & electric guitars); Sam Bartlett (banjo); Chris Wagoner (dobro, mandolin, violin, accordion); Mary Gaines (cello, acoustic bass); Winton Reynolds (piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Dan Lodgel-Rigal (piano); Jeff Hedback (electric bass); Jim Brock (drums, percussion).




Carrie Newcomer - Age Of Possibility


Label Philo
Release Date Aug 08, 2000


1. When It's Gone It's Gone
2. Tornado Alley
3. Thread
4. Love Is Wide
5. All I Know
6. Bare to the Bone
7. Anything With Wings
8. Just Like Downtown
9. Sparrow
10. Seven Dreams
11. It's Not OK
12. One Great Cry
13. This Too Will Pass

"This was written for someone I love in pretty tough circumstances," Carrie Newcomer writes as an introduction to the final song on her sixth studio album, but the description could refer to most of the songs here on which she displays a determined optimism that acknowledges the grittier side of life. Singing in her throaty, resonant alto over folk-rock tracks, she suggests the travails of love and life but always comes out on the side of carrying on and trying again. "When It's Gone It's Gone" may lament the loss of everything from railroads to cheap gas, but it also celebrates a kind of spiritual continuity, while "Tornado Alley" uses the risk of living in a storm-threatened area as a metaphor for life in general. Such songs display a craftsmanlike quality to Newcomer's writing, but they are somewhat impersonal, generalizing their points in a way that blunts the message. Over and over, Newcomer seems to have been inspired by some real-life incident that never gets into the song, which ends up being a procession of abstractions, clich images, and platitudes. She works up some anger in "It's Not OK," for example, but what is it she's talking about exactly? Even that final song dedicated to the person in tough circumstances is called "This Too Will Pass," which may be comforting to him or her, but is trite and derivative to the listener. Newcomer is much better in "Just Like Downtown," an autobiographical account of growing up in the Midwest, but even here she quickly switches from the specific to general statements. As such, her songs come off as the residue of experiences that are not themselves described. It's possible that listeners may respond to such songs if they can fill the gap, imagining for themselves what it is that's not OK, or what needs to pass, by conjuring up their own experiences. But that's asking a lot. Newcomer would do well to fill in more of the details in her songs if she wants her meanings to bear weight. ~ William Ruhlmann

Recorded at Reflection Sound, Charlotte, North Carolina and Airtime Studio, Bloomington, Indiana. Includes liner notes by Barbara Kingslover.

Personnel: Carrie Newcomer (vocals, acoustic guitar); Keith Skooglund (acoustic & electric guitars); Robert Meitus (acoustic guitar); Brant Smith (dobro); Jason Wilber (mandolin, electric sitar); Andre Gaskins (cello); Slats Klug (accordion); Richard Putnam (piano, Wurlitzer & Fender Rhodes pianos, Hammond B-3 organ); Dan Lodge-Rigal (piano); Don Dixon (vibraphone, bass); Jim Brock (drums, percussion); Beth Lodge, Lauren Robert (background vocals).

Engineers include: Mark Williams, David Weber, David Puryear.