Kathleen Edwards

this album is so fucking great- huge grower

see me smile / its not for funny joke / its for every time (every time)
i don't need a punchline

Love that song. The rest, especially the second half, I find hit-or-miss.

I am curious to see if the Bon Iver connection suddenly gets her adopted by all the folks that have slept on her for three albums.

....or on the other hand if folks like me who have loved all those albums get turned off her by the Bon Iver connection. Haven't heard the new one yet but I wouldn't say that was an impossibility.

Eh, his influence is subtle. Biggest dif. is that this one lacks the polish of anything that even remotely aspired to radio play. It's indie-dull in sound.

It's indie-dull in sound

well that's down to him then b/c none of the previous three have been indie-dull at all

Bet she had to change the sheets after Justin jizzed all over them.
imshippyupup 4 days ago

xpost Yeah, but it's not like the arrangements are all indie chamber rock all of a sudden. It's just less shiny and major-label sounding, ie indie-dull.

on Dave Letterman tnite!

she was really good

she performed Change the Sheets -- which is a really great second-half cut

good performance, she looked great. however the song did indeed sound "indie dull" as described above. I like my Kathleen polished and radio-friendly.

Not sure why this song didn't make the record? Melds the "indie-dull" sound with her songwriting more effectively than anything on the album, IMO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af66lh1uYvI

Really into this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVt7Tgf09Xw

Wanted to go to this, but couldn't get it off work. Shoulda tried harder, as I doubt she's coming back 'round this way again any time soon...

http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/09/10/kathleen-edwards-stung-by-bee-nearly-dies/

Wow, that's wild. With all the talk of nut allergies, and wheat allergies and whatnot, it's easy to forget all about good ol' bee stings.

hockey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m69S1dfrak

:-(

http://www.canada.com/entertainment/music/Kathleen+Edwards+says+doesn+want+make+music+anymore/9494991/story.html

Blame Bon Iver.

Covers of Springsteen's "Human Touch" and REM's "Sweetness Follows" up at her Soundcloud page. The latter is gorgeous.

https://soundcloud.com/kathleen-edwards-1

Man, is she good. We're due a new album, aren't we? Didn't she say something about opening a restaurant?

:) for her, :( for us ... guessing (or maybe hoping) she'll make another record and play more shows someday?

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/11/29/kathleen_edwards_calls_it_quits_opens_quitters_coffee.html

That's so romantic.

Yeah, that's a great story. Hope I can make it over there myself one day. Voyageur was a real misstep for her and I'm sorry but I have to lay a lot of the blame for that at Vernon's feet, it was far too limp and watery for my liking. Asking for Flowers was a masterpiece – as indeed were the first two records – so I hope that if and when she returns to recording she rediscovers that side of her muse.

Voyageur was a bit limp, but it had good songs, imo, and I thought Vernon affected/hurt it less than I feared he would. It *was* a step down from the first three, but I mean...that's a pretty tough bar to try to reach, you know?

Man, I knew she was threatening to quit and open a place, but I didn't realize she actually went and did it. She's one of my favorite songwriters of all time. Could somehow see her fitting in with the current Pistol Annies/Clark/Musgraves crew.

has anyone tried her cafe yet, I keep meaning to trek there on one of my days off

It's in Stittsville, right? A bit too much of a trek for me. I went to high school with her so I'd be kind of curious, ha.

i love kathleen edwards

cosign x1000000

tbh think she is too dismissive of "Elvis Presley in the seventies."

Eh, aka "fat Elvis," definitiely worthy pejorative shorthand imo.

Polk Salad Annie to thread.

failer is one of my fav albums of all time. nobody's really about voyageur upthread but i kinda think it's her second best, i love how lush it is

i can't believe voyageur was already 4 years ago

asking for flowers was her best imo

the fog rolled in on the back of a storm / in the night you and i drove / have you ever seen lightning and snow

Voyageur has some great songs but the production and arrangements make it mostly a soppy blur for mw. Luckily there's a clear scapegoat handy

Yeah ... Canada!

the back half of Failer is about as devastating as music gets for me.

yuuup. "Sweet Little Duck," goddamn.

So I stopped by Quitters Cafe this past Saturday night and yeah, it was a tightly packed house. It looks like a fairly successful business but I kept wondering how many in the room were hoping that she'd bring out a guitar and sing something.

Been playing the first three albums a lot lately but still can't find anything nice to say about Voyageur. Will she ever make another record?

I'd love to visit Quitters one day.

I think Back To Me just has the edge over Failer.

what do y'all think "change the sheets" isn't beautiful

all four albums are 8+ out of 10, Failer may have the highest highs, but Asking For Flowers is the best overall, imo

if she's happy that's all that matters ... but i still wish she'd come back to music. maybe someday.

Like that little burr in her voice, it adds an edge and doesn't sound at all like an affection unlike, say, Little Lucy Williams.

Was trying to figure what Alfred's problem was, but now I reread and it seems like the time he doesn't like it is when she DOESN'T sing like that.

Fascinated by "Buffalo." Seems to have a parsable story, but I've been burned before and I know the score so maybe I'd better leave it alone.

Don't be-e-e like that