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A rumor circulated after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast at the close of summer in 2005 that Louisiana soul great Irma Thomas was one of the missing. The rumor, fortunately, turned out to be false -- she was gigging at the time in Austin -- but Thomas' New Orleans home was completely destroyed. The shadow of Katrina hangs large over After the Rain, Thomas' first new album in six years, and several of the songs take on an added poignancy because of the tragedy, most tellingly the cover of Arthur Alexander's "In the Middle of It All" which opens this set and a stunning version of the traditional blues spiritual "Another Man Done Gone" with its telling line "another storm has come." It would be easy to call this album Thomas' response to the devastation, and to a great extent it is, but except for "Another Man Done Gone," all of the songs here were chosen for the recording sessions well before Katrina developed. Coincidence or not, though, the dominant image in these tracks is one of rain, of storms washing things away, and Thomas gives each song a kind of elegant resignation with her low-key vocal approach, until the whole album seems like one long whispered effort to recapture hope in the future. Storms wash things away, often things we dearly love, Thomas seems to be saying, and here is what we're left with, ourselves and our need to believe that there's a reason for all of the pain we're forced to carry. Mostly muted and acoustic, After the Rain cautiously stretches out like a slow train pulling away from the platform, and tracks like "Another Man Done Gone," the old blues nugget "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor," and a stripped-down (just acoustic guitar, banjo, and percussion) version of Blind Willie Johnson's blues gospel classic "Soul of a Man" all share a certain restless searching for answers. Maybe there aren't any answers. Another storm has come. Not everything can be washed away. That, at least, is something to cling to, and After the Rain, in the end, is gently hopeful.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Arthur Alexander Jr., Composer, Author - Scott Billington, Producer - Combine Music Corp., MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Gwil Owen, Composer, Author - Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Scott Billington, Producer - Kevin Gordon, Composer, Author - Rain Music, MusicPublisher - Turgid Music, MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Doc Pomus, Composer, Author - Mort Shuman, Composer, Author - Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Scott Billington, Producer - Unichappell Music, Inc., MusicPublisher - Trio Music, Inc., MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Traditional, Composer, Author - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Scott Billington, Producer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Richard Lamb, Composer, Author - Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - BILLY TAYLOR, Composer, Author - Scott Billington, Producer - Westminster Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Duane Music Inc., MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Scott Billington, Producer - David Egan, Composer, Author - Jasben Music, MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Trad., Composer, Author - Irma Thomas, Author, Vocals, MainArtist - Scott Billington, Author, Producer - Black Skillet Music, MusicPublisher - Irma Jackson Music, MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
CLYDE OTIS, Composer, Author - Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Scott Billington, Producer - Black Skillet Music, MusicPublisher - Irma Jackson Music, MusicPublisher - Ulysses Burton, Composer, Author
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Irma Thomas, Composer, Author, Vocals, MainArtist - Corey Harris, Composer, Author - Scott Billington, Producer - David Egan, Composer, Author - Jasben Music, MusicPublisher - Irma Jackson Music, MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Eleni Mandell, Composer, Author - Scott Billington, Producer - Miss Eleni Music, MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Blind Willie Johnson, Composer - Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Scott Billington, Producer - James D. Vaughan, Author - Alpha Music Inc., MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Scott Billington, Producer - David Egan, Composer, Author - Jasben Music, MusicPublisher
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Stevie Wonder, Composer, Author - Irma Thomas, Vocals, MainArtist - Scott Billington, Producer
℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
Chronique
A rumor circulated after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast at the close of summer in 2005 that Louisiana soul great Irma Thomas was one of the missing. The rumor, fortunately, turned out to be false -- she was gigging at the time in Austin -- but Thomas' New Orleans home was completely destroyed. The shadow of Katrina hangs large over After the Rain, Thomas' first new album in six years, and several of the songs take on an added poignancy because of the tragedy, most tellingly the cover of Arthur Alexander's "In the Middle of It All" which opens this set and a stunning version of the traditional blues spiritual "Another Man Done Gone" with its telling line "another storm has come." It would be easy to call this album Thomas' response to the devastation, and to a great extent it is, but except for "Another Man Done Gone," all of the songs here were chosen for the recording sessions well before Katrina developed. Coincidence or not, though, the dominant image in these tracks is one of rain, of storms washing things away, and Thomas gives each song a kind of elegant resignation with her low-key vocal approach, until the whole album seems like one long whispered effort to recapture hope in the future. Storms wash things away, often things we dearly love, Thomas seems to be saying, and here is what we're left with, ourselves and our need to believe that there's a reason for all of the pain we're forced to carry. Mostly muted and acoustic, After the Rain cautiously stretches out like a slow train pulling away from the platform, and tracks like "Another Man Done Gone," the old blues nugget "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor," and a stripped-down (just acoustic guitar, banjo, and percussion) version of Blind Willie Johnson's blues gospel classic "Soul of a Man" all share a certain restless searching for answers. Maybe there aren't any answers. Another storm has come. Not everything can be washed away. That, at least, is something to cling to, and After the Rain, in the end, is gently hopeful.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
À propos
- 1 disque(s) - 13 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 00:49:16
- Artistes principaux : Irma Thomas
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Label : Universal Music
- Genre : Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2006 Rounder Records Corp. ℗ 2006 Rounder Records Corp.
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