Strange Conversation

Strange Conversation is an album by singer/songwriter Kris Delmhorst, released in 2006.

Strange Conversation
Studio album by
Kris Delmhorst
ReleasedJune 27, 2006
RecordedNorth Reading, MA
GenreAmericana, Folk music
Length41:20
LabelSignature Sounds
ProducerKris Delmhorst
Kris Delmhorst chronology
Songs for a Hurricane
(2003)		 Strange Conversation
(2006)		 Shotgun Singer
(2008)

History

Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Delmhorst takes on setting some works of famous poets to music along with her own original compositions. The lead off track is named after Italian composer Baldassare Galuppi. Inspired by and quoting heavily from the Robert Browning poem A Toccata of Galuppi's, Delmhorst reflects on the composers times and style:

"And the minor third so bitter, the six chord like a sigh,
suspension, solution, asking must we die, must we die must we die?
And the seventh says well fellas, life might not last, but we can try…"

Strange Conversations was recorded at the same time as Delmhorst's follow up CD, Shotgun Singer.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic(no rating) [1]

Critic Joe Viglione of Allmusic called Strange Conversation "an impressive and ambitious work that is evidence of the sophistication enveloping the Kris Delmhorst catalog and one hopes that these important musings get noticed beyond the cult that realizes something very special is happening here."[1]

Track listing

All songs by Kris Delmhorst unless noted.

  1. "Galuppi Baldassare" – 4:15
  2. "We'll Go No More A-Roving" (Byron, Delmhorst) – 3:04
  3. "Light of the Light" – 4:34
  4. "Since You Went Away" (Delmhorst, James Weldon Johnson, Olson) – 3:06
  5. "Strange Conversation" – 3:36
  6. "The Drop & The Dream" – 3:04
  7. "Invisible Choir" – 3:44
  8. "Pretty How Town" (e. e. cummings, Delmhorst) – 1:57
  9. "Tavern" (Delmhorst, Edna St. Vincent Millay) – 3:42
  10. "Water, Water" – 2:40
  11. "Sea Fever" (Delmhorst, John Masefield) – 3:43
  12. "Everything Is Music" – 3:55

Personnel
  • Kris Delmhorst – vocals, acoustic guitar, fiddle, piano, cello, background vocals
  • Kevin Barry – electric and acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, dobro, piano, background vocals
  • Mark Chenevert – clarinet, tenor sax
  • Lorne Entress – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Dave Harris – trombone, tuba
  • Paul Kochanski – double bass, background vocals
  • Mike Peipman – trumpet
  • Chris Rival – organ
  • Tom West – Hammond organ

Production
  • Produced by Kris Delmhorst
  • Engineered and mixed by Chris Rival
  • Mastered by Dave McNair
  • Photography by Megan Summers
  • Translation by Coleman Barks
  • Artwork and design by Brian Turner

References
  1. Viglione, Joe. "Strange Conversation > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
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