Hatful of Rain
Songs of
the Lost and Found
Start Again 4:48 Where There’s Life
4:10 Devil’s Dyke 4:48 Down in the Town 4:42 Won’t be Druv 2:57
Sinking Like a Stone 4:15 I Thought
you Would Live 3:08 Gathering Wood 4:44 But for You 5:33
Ponderosa Pines 3:12 Oh the
Night! 3:44 Collared Dove 2:13
Start Again,starts the album…….no wait. Let
me start again. Okay, so my publishing company and “CoffeeShop Blues” may have
just gotten a much-needed investor. Which would set us up to be able to publish
books with the best quality everything, so that makes me kind of excited. Now,
let’s get back to the album.
Some rather impressive banjo picking
opens up the album and jet sets one off into maybe the land of West
Virginia. But then, you realize you’ve
actually been transported to Brighten and Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England.
What first made me think of Appalachian Blue Grass quickly moved into folk. The
beautiful vocals and haunting lyrics accompany a fiddle that really bring this
song into a heart moving entrance. It moves into the body of the piece with a
galloping guitar. The chorus is a mix of vocal tracks and lone fiddle. This
song was a great pick to begin this album.
Where there’s Life, seems to be a journey into the
singer’s yesterday. A walk in her shoes that bears an important message. It’s a
beautiful song, mainly driven by the vocal tracks. One thing I did find out is
that I was partially correct. They are at least influenced by Appalachian
folk/roots music.
I Thought you Would Live, has a beautiful fiddle, bass and
acoustic entrance. It’s another walk down memory lane. You can feel the
inherent message of emotion in the lyrics. The song really can be taken as a
personal touching memory that has been felt by either everyone or a close
friend of everyone. You can really feel it through the music that each band
member adds.
And, Collared Dove, is driven
by the fiddle. This song is folk in its purest form. “Fly away bird…” just
the lyrics really take you back to a much different time. This is a really
peaceful song that would begin every day with a smile if it was set off instead
of a noisy alarm.
This isn’t a band for everyone. If
you’re a hardcore rock & roll fan, fast tempo, hard hitting drums this may
not be what you’re looking for. But, no one and I mean no one can listen to
this album and not be impressed by the musical talent of each of these band
members. Overall, I believe if not all, at least one of these songs will hit
you directly in the heart.
Written by Jeremy Frost for Country Music News International