Claire Lynch - Whatcha Gonna Do
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Artist: Claire LynchEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-09-15
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Great Day in the Mornin'
- Highway
- The Mockingbird's Voice
- Face To Face
- That's What Makes You Strong
- Whatcha Gonna Do
- Crazy Train
- A Canary's Song
- My Florida Sunshine
- Widow's Weeds
- Barbed Wire Boys
- Woods of Sipsey
Music reviews of Whatcha Gonna Do
Music Review: Lynch's Amazes with her New Disc
Rating: 4 Stars
Prime Cuts: That's What Makes Us Strong, A Canary's Song, Barbed Wire Boys
Every Clare Lynch is greeted with anticipatory delight: this two-time Grammy nominee has a way of choosing well-crafted narrative paeans that address life's issues through its sinuous plotlines, its prolific metaphorical usage, and its engaging three-dimensional characters. 2009's "Whatcha Gonna Do" is no exception. Whether it's the telling of stories of miners striving for a better life ("A Canary's Song") or a wayward lover deep in the mire of adulterous lust ("A Mocking Bird's Voice") or the penultimate moment of a sojourner about to meet his Maker ("Face to Face"), Lynch tells her stories with relentless verve and heartfelt emotions. Further, just like her previous efforts, this is a pretty sparse acoustic record with spades of bluegrass and country indulgences, accompanying these 12 tunes, with Lynch contributing 4 originals, a Bill Monroe classic and others coming from heavy weights such as Garth Brooks, Jesse Winchester, Susan Werner, Irene Kelley, and Donna Ulisse.
Charging out of gates is the sprightly opener "Great Day in the Mornin'," an uplifting inspirational ode to starting life well, gets further encouragement by the song's bright shuffling arrangement. Considering that Lynch has sung backings for Donna Ulisse's bluegrass records, it is not surprising that Ulisse returns favour by co-writing the Gospel number "Face to Face"--the briskly finger-picked acoustic guitar licks is certainly a highlight here. Another regular collaborator Jesse Winchester adds his vocals to "That's What Makes Me Strong." A song first cut by Winchester himself followed by the Judds, Lynch's version gives this Winchester composition about trust and vulnerability into a Caribbean makeover that is utterly delightful.
Most surprising entry here is a Garth Brooks and Buddy Mondlock's never recorded before "A Canary's Song." It's an eon removed from the bombastic anthemic fare so typical of Garth Brooks. Rather, "A Canary's Song" is a haunting ballad detailing the lonely feelings of some miners only slightly brightened by the sounds of a canary. Another ode to the working man is rousing "Barbed Wire Boys"--it is Lynch kudos to the farmers who worked around barbed wire fences. Though Jennifer Kimball and Lynch's "Widow's Weeds" tells the melancholic story of a widow who refuses to let go of her dead husband's memory is touching, it would work even better if it were a ballad rather than the song's full flushed sped up version.
Most ambitious is "Woods of Sipsey" -- in short, it's a ghost story set to a eerie dirge-like tune. The foreboding storyline tells of a haunted town (Sipsey, Alabama) which takes a dislike to outsiders while taking care of its very own residents. Despite its intriguing plot, what disappoints is the song's lack of a strong melodic structure which makes the song just drags on and on. Despite these quibbles, "Whatcha Gonna Do" is a fine record: Lynch's crystal clear sounding soprano has that down home feel that earths these story-songs in such realism that you can't help but find yourself living out these songs again and again.
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