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Resilience (IMPORT) | 
| Artist: Annabelle Chvostek
Label: Borealis Records
Category: Music
Buy New: $15.99
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 117426
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 81193
UPC: 773958119321
EAN: 0773958119321
ASIN: B001EINTUA
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Resilience | | • | Seven Years | | • | Runaway Lane | | • | Wait for It | | • | Piece of You | | • | Racing With the Sun | | • | The Sioux | | • | Driving Away | | • | I Left My Brain | | • | Firewalker | | • | Line of Ascent | | • | Nashville |
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Product Description
The theme, as the title suggests, is resilience, with relationships often serving as a metaphor or jumping off point for looking at how human kind survives its own foibles and the resulting "craziness" of the world. "I Left My Brain," for example, is a crunchy alt.pop number about "heartache in a time of oil wars." "The Sioux" is a trad- influenced fiddle-driven piece about a country train ride to Northern Ontario and confronting the legacy of colonial occupation. The title track wonders at the human capacity to recover from heartbreak, while "Driving Away" sees Annabelle collaborating with Bruce Cockburn on a song about a fictional relationship that illustrates the aforementioned theme. The sound of the album could best be described as "contemporary urban roots," a style in which acoustic instruments are front and centre, but in which strategically placed programmed beats and electro- acoustic elements wrap themselves gently and tastefully around the strings, at times building the sound to a subtle crescendo such as on the title track. In addition to Cockburn, guests include renowned alt.country artist Mary Gauthier on backing vocals, Ani DiFranco alumnus Julie Wolf on keyboard and accordion and multiple Juno nominee Michael Jerome Browne on assorted strings. The enhanced CD contains the Quicktime video "Resilience".
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| Customer Reviews:
Fabulous Artist November 30, 2008
John D. Ansell (Watsonville, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Saw Annabelle live, bought this CD from the table at the back of the hall and it's on my iPod and in my ears more often than out. Formerly the alto voice in the excellent neo trad/folk/old time/country-3 part harmony group "The Wailin' Jennys" appearing several times on Prairie Home Companion. An excellent musician/songwriter she has a lovely, warm expressive voice and can and will open your heart with it. The instrumentation on the album is mostly enhanced acoustic guitar/mandolin/fiddle, backing Annabelle's gorgeous voice and imaginative lyricism. I guess you could call the genre modern folk, It is VERY pretty music. The title track is also on the CD as a Quicktime video that can be played on a computer - and it's a stunner- a spiritual, uplifting work of art celebrating the resilience of the human spirit. I think this artist is a rare treasure, honest, warmhearted, and extremely talented (she's the main instrumentalist). Visit her web page for a taste. www.annabelle.org
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