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Ina May Wool- Crack It Open
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Review "A wonderful writer and performer" -- Rambles Online Music Magazine, March 2004 "One of my favorite unheralded New York singer/songwriters." -- John Platt, WFDU "Sharp hooks and arrangements and a good feel for C&W roots." -- The Boston Phoenix, December 4, 2003 "a strong follow-up to her debut. ....Musically it reminds me of Suzanne Vega's intricate folk-pop. ...This album's a treasure. " -- The Ectophiles' Guide, June 2004 Such a joy to listen to one might overlook the rock-solid songwriting it seems to be done so effortlessly -- Jon Albrink, December 2003 [A] great communicator in the tradition of Johnny Cash, Sinatra, or Patsy Cline though she sounds nothing like them. -- Vinnie Zummo, musician/producer (Shawn Colvin, Joe Jackson, Roger Daltrey), 11/19/03 [A] pleasant cross of Lisa Loeb/Syd Sraw/Rickie Lee Jones...that crosses as many as five genres in a single song. -- The Village Voice, November 19, 2003 [M]ore deft than your average singer-songwriter, with sharp hooks and arrangements and a good feel for C&W roots. -- The Boston Phoenix, December 4, 2003 [S]uch a joy to listen to one might overlook the rock-solid songwriting it seems to be done so effortlessly. -- Jon Albrink, December 11, 2003 Product Description 'I stood in a tent near the hospital in Exeter, NH, on a rainy day in June 2002. Thirty people were singing my songs along with me. 'J'ai Gagne (I Won)' and 'January Thaw' were favorites of the cancer survivors' support group there; a social worker had found my music on the Internet. It was such a visceral feeling of triumph over suffering and a joy at being alive and together - that day gave me fuel for months, ' recalls Ina May Wool. Ina May Wool has garnered her share of affirmation and acclaim since the release of her debut CD, 'Moon Over 97th Street' in 1999. The Edinburgh Folk Festival invited her to play, and she toured the UK as well as in Europe. Representatives from BMI and ASCAP chose one of her songs for a CD of the 15 best unsigned acoustic artists worldwide, and she's been a finalist in the New Jersey Folk Festival songwriter contest and the Plowshares Songwriting Competition. The Just Plain Folks Music Awards named 'Elephant Learning to Dance' the best song by a female singer/songwriter and placed 'Moon Over 97th Street' in the top five albums worldwide. Suzanne Vega included one of her tunes on the Vigil CD, a collection by New York songwriters after 9/11 also featuring Vega, Christine Lavin, Richard Julian, and Jack Hardy. In the 13 songs on the new CD, 'Crack It Open' (release November 2003), Wool travels further down some of the roads hinted at in her debut. 'When Tears Come Down' rings of some undiscovered Hank Williams gem you'd swear must have been burnished by time. 'Lucky' is a love song with just the right touch of quirkiness. 'Frida' broods but stays vibrant with colors and celebrates Frida Kahlo's strength and fire. Throughout the CD you'll find gorgeous vocal harmonies and a musical palette featuring rich color from accordion to steel guitar to banjo to clarinet to Irish bouzouki to mandolin. 'We were riding in the car listening over and over to this new CD - and it dawned on me that there is a theme I hadn't planned at all coming through all these songs. It's all about survival with joy intact, with rebirth and renewal.' Wool's come to this new place in her life and writing from an eclectic apprenticeship - from bar bands to opening concerts in her native New England to New York's off off Broadway and r & b and jazz singing. She's found her way back to an intimate and personal blend of early acoustic folk guitar and vocal influences with the jazz, rock, and soul she's also loved over the years. Since the release of 'Moon Over 97th Street' in 1999, Ina May has toured from Maine to D.C. to Chicago and shared stages with Leo Kottke, Sloan Wainwright, David Massengill, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, and Richard Thompson. 'Writing the songs for this CD I tried to let i
