Lynne Hanson - River of Sand (2014)

Tracklist

01. River of Sand
02. Whiskey and Tears
03. This Too Shall Pass
04. Waitng by the Water
05. Heaven and Hell
06. Tightrope
07. Foolish Things
08. Good Intentions
09. Colour My Summers Blue
10. That Old House
11. Trading in My Lonesome

Americana, Roots music, rough-around-the-edges folk. Canadian songwriter Lynne Hanson prefers "porch music with a little red dirt". Hanson's songs are like a favourite pair of jeans. They are rough around the edges, faded and worn through in spots, with a bit of honestly-acquired dirt ground into the seams. And they're expressed in a rich voice coupled with accomplished guitar playing that demands repeated listening. On "River of Sand" she's been fortunate to work with Juno award-winning songstress Lynn Miles as producer. "The songs on this album are honest and fearless"says Miles, and the search for truth that's always guided Hanson's work takes a turn to the raw. It's still as Hansomn has always described it but there's a little more dirt and the dirt is just a little bit darker. No topic is off limits , and the 11 songs run the gamut, painting a candid canvas of whiskey-soaked heartbreak and personal struggle, all contrasted against hope that better times are coming. "Lynne's songs have such a beautiful, haunting feeling into which you can sink and be enveloped" Ontario Arts Council.

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