Twilight Motel
Twilight Motel | ||||
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Studio album by Alison Brown | ||||
Released | 1992 | |||
Genre | Progressive bluegrass, jazz | |||
Length | 42:49 | |||
Label | Vanguard[1] | |||
Producer | Mike Marshall | |||
Alison Brown chronology | ||||
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Twilight Motel is an album by the American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1992.[2][3] Brown used a 1938 Gibson banjo.[4]
Production
Recorded in Nashville and in Berkeley, the album was produced by Mike Marshall.[5] "Sweet Thames Flow Softly" is a cover of the Ewan MacColl song.[6]
Reception
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The Baltimore Sun wrote that the album "touches on everything from slippery samba rhythms to flashy Scruggs-style picking."[8] The Indianapolis Star concluded that "there's nothing bad on this disc, much that's good, but too much that's merely pleasant, veering close to 'easy listening'."[7] Stereo Review noted that "Brown never wanders as far into space-grass territory as Bela Fleck, but her artistic vision, while less flashy, is no less profound."[9]
In his AllMusic review, music critic Michael McCall called the album "jazzier, yet also more relaxed, than her debut."[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Alison Brown unless otherwise noted
- "First Light" – 5:17
- "Lorelei" – 4:36
- "Twilight Motel" – 3:45
- "Blue Marlin" – 4:40
- "Saint Geneviéve" – 4:02
- "Gods of Brazil" – 4:29
- "Shoot The Dog" – 3:25
- "Pelican Bay" – 3:12
- "Chicken Road" – 4:25
- "Sweet Thames Flow Softly (MacCall, MacColl)" – 5:24
Personnel
- Alison Brown – banjo, guitar
- Roy Huskey Jr. – bass
- Stuart Duncan – violin
- Matt Eakle – flute
- Jerry Douglas – dobro
- Darol Anger – violin
- Mike Marshall – guitar, mandolin
- Todd Philips – bass
- Mark Schatz – banjo, bass
- Scott Nygaard – guitar
- Maura O'Conell – vocals
- Tony Rice – guitar
- Michael Spiro – percussion
- Paul VanWageningen – drums
- Garry West – bass
- Kristin Wilkinson – viola
- Andrea Zonn - violin
- David Hoffner – piano, keyboards
- Tom Miller – drums, steel pan
- John Catchings – violoncello
References
- ^ a b Duckman, David (28 Jan 1993). "Rave recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
- ^ a b c McCall, Michael. "Twilight Motel > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- ^ Henry, Murphy (2013). Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass. University of Illinois Press. p. 298.
- ^ Adams, Noah (Nov 25, 1992). "Twilight Motel". All Things Considered. NPR.
- ^ Clark, Renee Hopkins (December 13, 1992). "Twilight Motel, Alison Brown". The Dallas Morning News. p. 6C.
- ^ Lawrence, Keith (December 25, 1992). "Bluegrass Notes". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 2D.
- ^ a b Schoch, Eric (22 Jan 1993). "Alison Brown Twilight Motel". The Indianapolis Star. p. B9.
- ^ Considine, J.D. (1 Jan 1993). "Twilight Motel". Features. The Baltimore Sun. p. 5.
- ^ "Twilight Motel by Alison Brown". Stereo Review. 58 (5): 90. May 1993.
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- Simple Pleasures (1990)
- Twilight Motel (1992)
- Look Left (1994)
- Quartet (1996)
- Out of the Blue (1998)
- Fair Weather (2000)
- Replay (2002)
- Stolen Moments (2005)
- Vanguard Visionaries (2007)
- Evergreen (2008)
- The Company You Keep (2009)
- The Song of the Banjo (2015)
- Best of the Vanguard Years (2002)
- Joe Craven
- David Grisman
- Alison Krauss
- Mark Summer
- Tony Rice
- Sam Bush
- Tim O'Brien
- Béla Fleck
- Stuart Duncan
- Darol Anger
- Mark Schatz
- Mike Marshall
- Jerry Douglas
- Northern Lights