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Artist: Sarah Hickman
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-06-20
Music Label: Sleeveless/Mesa/BlueMoon
Soundtracks:

Music CD 1

A Song Of You
To A Maddening Ghost
Wagoner's Lad
Living In Quiet Desperation
Mad World
Twenty Years To Life
Mother's Little Helper
Comfort's Sigh
My Mama's Hands

Music CD 2

Birdhouse
Two Days Today
Learn You Like A Book
Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again?
Stupid Love
Good
Enuf
Always A Saint
Little Bird Of Anger
This Too Will Pass
Your Reward

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Music Review: She's been holding out on us!
Rating: 4 Stars

After several years of recording mostly children's recordings, Sara Hickman returns to music for grown-ups. And with the double-CD concept of "Motherlode," she empties out the cupboards of all the goodies she's been stashing for the decade so far. Guests include Shawn Colvin, David Grissom, Kelly Willis and Gretchen Phillips, among others. And, no pun intended, Sara (and by extension, we) hit the motherlode.

Dividing 20 songs over two CD's, Sara offers two takes on femininity: The first disc deals with the darkness, the depression and the desperation. Songs of women pushed too far ("Twenty Years To Life"), Motherhood that seems like a dark tunnel (a somber cover of Tears for Fears' "Mad World") and another cover that portrays the ultimate in the female mental escape (The Rolling Stones' "Mother's Little Helper" jazzed up) are all here. But there is also hope, shown on my favorite song from either disc, "Comfort's Sigh." Written by Sara,

I must have faith in my own journey
I must believe that I belong
Though I am weary and feel forgotten
I'll find the strength in my own song
I'll find the strength to carry on.

Even though it is still a deeply sad song, it still offers the resolve of the strong will. In a catalog of many wonderful compositions and performances, this could easily make it into my top-ten Sara Songs.

Sara changes the mood for the second CD, which is more a celebration of that strength. Stretching out musically on "Birdhouse," guests Adrian Belew and Tony Levin (they of latter-day King Crimson) make a progressive and trippy number about remembering to dream. Things just get better from there. The kind of giddy fun that Sara's live shows are famous for pops up in "Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again." The disc closes with the Motherhood that is the ultimate treasure in "Your Reward."

I got to see Sara play a show in Philadelphia in the Fall of 2006, and I was enthralled by the new songs. "Motherlode" has been in my CD changer ever since. If you have ever been a casual fan, this CD will make you a believer. If you ever have been remotely curious about why Sara's angels revere her as much as we all do, this CD offers positive proof. "Motherlode" is not just Sara Hickman's personal best, it is one of 2006's best. Play it next to recent CD's from Shawn Colvin and Slaid Cleaves.

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