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Kate Campbell
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Blues And Lamentations
Large Music River
Release: 9/08/2005
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Rated:
Review by:
Lindsey M. Keen
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Who would have guessed that a history professor also has a
deep-rooted passion for blues and country music? Kate
Campbell has a Masters Degree in History and was an
adjunct professor at Middle Tennessee State and Belmont
Universities but decided not too long ago that her true
infatuation was music and she had to pursue that career full
time.
Blues And Lamentations, Campbell's new
release from Large Music River is deeply connected to her
native New Orleans roots while delivering the raw emotion of
blues and country with a tinge of a Mississippi Delta sound.
"The blues are a feeling," says Kate, putting pit plainly. "You
just can't get around it.... Sometimes it's a very bad feeling,
but overall, I think music itself is a way to release
those."
Campbell's music is profoundly pensive with a touch of
sadness. While most people in the music business push
towards commerce instead of art, Campbell draws your ears
and heart closer to the unfathomable and obsessive life of
living with the blues. "New Blues" paints the picture of a
person riding on the edge of depression wanting some new
blues because the same old heartache and tunes are
drowning her sorrows into a day that runs into the next. With
its slow-moving melody serenaded by a trumpet, she
creates a unique, bluesy feeling that's original and
catchy.
"Shallow Grave" is a tranquil melody that tells a story of a
woman who haunts her former lover that killed her love
through his heartless ways. Campbell's voice echoes the
misery and undying desire that the woman in the song can't
seem to put to rest. "Lord, Help the Poor and Needy," is just
Campbell and a tambourine calling upon the Lord to help the
war-torn people, the poor and needy, the motherless
children, the sinner and the gambling man. Her thoughts and
wishes are honest, trouble-free and real.
Campbell's voice delivers prolific lyrics with a sense of
veracity and gut-wrenching candor. Blues And
Lamentations steers away from commercial music
and is more sincere, simple and authentic than most of
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