Strangers in Another Country: Songs of Bruce Utah

Rosalie Sorrels - Strangers in Another Country: Songs of Bruce Utah

Strangers in Another Country: Songs of Bruce Utah
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Artist: Rosalie Sorrels
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-08-05
Music Label: Red House
Soundtracks:
  1. Starlight On The Rails
  2. Mountain Valley Home
  3. Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia
  4. I Feel Drunk All The Time
  5. Don't Go Home
  6. Schofield Mine Disaster
  7. He Comes Like Rain
  8. God And The Garbage Man (For Lew Welch)
  9. Old Buddy Goodnight
  10. She'll Never Be Mine
  11. Will This World Survive?
  12. I Had A Mule
  13. Jesse's Corrido
  14. Who Said This?
  15. Enola Gay
  16. Goodnight Loving Trail
  17. Ed Balchowsky
  18. Eddie's Song
  19. Ashes intro
  20. Ashes On The Sea
  21. Revolution Mandate #1
  22. Talkin' Wolverine 14

Music reviews of Strangers in Another Country: Songs of Bruce Utah

Music Review: A Farewell To An Unrepetant Wobblie
Rating: 5 Stars

The first paragraph here has been used in reviewing other Rosalie Sorrels CDs in this space.

"My first association of the name Rosalie Sorrels with folk music came, many years ago now, from hearing the recently departed folk singer/storyteller/ songwriter and unrepentant Wobblie (IWW) Utah Phillips mention his long time friendship with her going back before he became known as a folksinger. I also recall that combination of Sorrels and Phillips as he performed his classic "Starlight On The Rails" and she his also classic "If I Could Be The Rain" on a PBS documentary honoring the Café Lena in Saratoga, New York, a place that I am also very familiar with for many personal and musical reasons. Of note here: it should be remembered that Rosalie saved, literally, many of the compositions that Utah left helter-skelter around the country in his "bumming" days."

That said, what could be better than to have Rosalie pay musical tribute to one of her longest and dearest folk friends, her old comrade Utah Phillips, someone who it is apparent from this beautiful little CD was on the same wavelength as that old unrepentant Wobblie. Here Rosalie takes a wide scattering of Utah's work from various times and places and gives his songs and storytelling her own distinctive twist. For example? Well, right from the first song "Starlight On The Trail" about being adrift in America in the latter part of the 20th century with its prologue taken from some thoughts on the writings of author Thomas Wolfe (of "You Can't Go Home Again" fame). Or the stirring "He Comes Like The Rain", a fair description of Utah himself if one thinks about it. Or to get political (and worry about the next generations of children as well) "Enola Gay". Or political memory about the forgotten "pre-mature anti-fascist" heroes of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion of the International Brigades that fought in Spain when it counted in "Eddie's Song". Finally, how about the appropriate "Ashes On The Sea" complete with Kate Wolf/Woody Guthrie story. If there were more than a five star spot here I would click it. Utah, rest easy, Rosalie did good, she did very good by you here. Adieu, old working class warrior.
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Description of Strangers in Another Country: Songs of Bruce Utah

Legendary songwriter, humorist, workers-rights advocate and radical raconteur Utah Phillips is an icon of American folk music whose songs have been covered by everyone from Joan Baez to Tom Waits to Emmylou Harris and Ani Difranco.

Yet for over 50 years his greatest interpreter has been lifelong friend Rosalie Sorrels, a folk legend in her own right. Strangers In Another Country - The Songs of Bruce "Utah" Phillips is a magnificent gathering of song, story and recitation celebrating the genius of Utah, with Sorrels acting as emcee, historian and tour guide, offering rare insight into the man behind the character.

Rosalie recalls songs even Utah had forgotten or never written down, and was working on this tribute before his May 2008 passing. The album features some of his lesser known, rarely performed classics, many of which have only been available on obscure recordings and are only now available on CD.

Backing Sorrels is a stellar cast of special guests, including Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Peggy Seeger, Bryan Bowers, Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Dakota Dave Hull, Pop Wagner, Peter "Madcat" Ruth, The Sorry Muthas, and Willie Murphy. The gorgeous 16-page booklet features extensive info, commentary and memories from Sorrels with historic archival photos, drawings and material from her personal collection.

An instant classic, Strangers In Another Country represents Rosalie's finest singing, full of the beauty, strength and honesty that has made her one of this century's most important American cultural voices.

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