CD Water In The Ground - Catherine MacLellan

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I will ship by EMS or SAL items in stock in Japan. It is approximately 7-14days on delivery date. You wholeheartedly support customers as satisfactory. Thank you for you seeing it. Review MacLellan is the rare young folkie who knows how to write a catchy melody and a concise, accessible lyric. Yet her pop instincts never diminish her deep, folk spirit or quiet soulfulness. Already drawing comparisons to Joni Mitchell in her native Canada, shes a charming talent: delicate yet not wispy, poetic yet not pretentious. -- Boston Herald With a voice that manages to come across as both sensual and suggestive, intimate and alluring, she offers up sweetly satisfying melodies that impact with varying degrees of subtlety and hooks that take hold in the most beguiling sort of way. -- Goldmine From the opening tune, Take a Break, MacLellan establishes a breezy musical mood with a walking bass line setting the pace...The spartan arrangement blends multiple styles of folk, pop, and jazz into a cohesive and comfortable whole...Her vocals combine a bluesy low-soprano with a refreshing lack of pop artifice...MacLellans songs also have an innocence and directness, along with an unusually advanced level of emotional honesty...becomes more interesting and resonant with each listen. -- Vintage Guitar Magazine Water in the Ground, the new CD from Maritime songstress Catherine Maclellan arrived in my mailbox the same day as Bob Dylans Together through life. Ive been listening to both albums almost non-stop for the last week, and while on the surface there couldnt be two more different collections of songs, in the end they offer an interesting counterpoint to each other.Where Dylan eviscerates a world of disappointment, slander and innuendo, Catherine Maclellan describes the universe through a prism of optimism and opportunity where lifes lessons make one richer, free of the unwelcome intrusion of cynicism. Dylan conjures a Hieronymous Bosch junkyard of car wrecks, desperate barflies and women from the wrong side of the tracks, while Maclellan dives and dances through the wonder of a gentle world. Dylan gasps through lost hope, cracked pavement and oily puddles that resonate a delirium tremens sheen as Maclellan describes wistful relationships, drying flowers and the wonders of the natural environment. There is no despair etched in the subtext of Maclellans songs as she glides unafraid through experiences that never threaten to cast her out of the reach of redemption. Maclellans is a music that greets her with eyes fully open. If Together Through Life explores a world where sleepless dawn comes too early, Water in the Ground is music with the curtains fully drawn, encouraging the daylight to come streaming in.Water in The Ground is Catherine Maclellans third CD and is her most fully realized collection to date. The music itself is open, spacious and imbued with the kind of gentle swing that is reminiscent of early Rickie Jones before the damage set in and she plunged into the dense textures of the Ghostyhead era. Maclellans voice is strong, supple, wistful and clear throughout. Her phrasing displays an easy confidence and conviction that elevates her sincere yet often unremarkable lyrics. The sunny and light tone of the instrumentation is sympathetic and appropriate to the songs. There are no lengthy solos or excursions that suggest a dark side residing in the subtext of her melodies. Rather, Catherine Maclellan describes the concerns of a young person coming to terms with life, love and the pursuit of meaning. Hers is a world where people take well-deserved breaks after working hard in the outdoors. Love is easy and free and the consequences of a broken heart are not yet life-threatening.Whether or not one enjoys Catherine Maclellans music depends on where one stands. As a person on the far side of forty, I found myself torn as I listened to Water in the Ground. The melodies Maclellan creates