Carrie Elkin - For Keeps (2014) [Hi-Res]

For Keeps is the debut duo album by Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt, each acclaimed solo artists on the Grammy-winning indie label Red House Records. Carrie has a huge voice and is a riveting, impassioned live performer drawing comparisons to Iris Dement and Patti Griffin; Danny is a literary songsmith who's garnered comparisons to Leonard Cohen, among others, with songs that balance compassion and commentary. Both are exceptional songwriters whose melodies and words live inside your head long after listening.
Somewhere along the winding and tangled paths of their touring lives, they became entwined romantically and then artistically and began touring together in 2012. As new songs emerged during that period, it became apparent that certain of those songs belonged together, a sort of his and hers take on life and love. For Keeps is the culmination of these two individual artists, in relationship. It's an album of passing the guitar back and forth, sharing songs, alternating perspectives on the subject of relationship, with each joining the other in harmony.
For Keeps is an intriguing, honest peek into the dialogue of a couple, lending perspectives on community and friendship, on communication, on building a life together, on marriage, on fertility, on difficult times together and on the easy-loving ones "It's the stuff we all talk about, or all don't talk about, but should," Danny says. For Keeps gives us a seat at the table for these meaningful conversations.

Tracklisting:
01. Carrie Elkin - Two White Clouds (3:38)
02. Carrie Elkin - Echo In the Hills (4:36)
03. Carrie Elkin - Kiss Me Now (4:11)
04. Carrie Elkin - Company of Friends (3:50)
05. Carrie Elkin - Swing From a Note (4:10)
06. Carrie Elkin - Took It Like a Man (3:04)
07. Carrie Elkin - Sky Picked Blue (3:08)
08. Carrie Elkin - Longing Moves the Ocean (3:44)
09. Carrie Elkin - If I Need to Know (2:40)
10. Carrie Elkin - Girl In the Woods (3:59)