Red Clay Music Foundry, FAME Studios
Red Clay Music Foundry, FAME Studios
Nick Lowe is to Ron Sexsmith as Kate Campbell is to Claire Holley. It reads like the answer to an SAT question, but it explains the relationship of these two artists perfectly, with Holley as an admirer of Campbell, and […]
Accompanied by veteran Muscle Shoals keyboardist Spooner Oldham, singer-songwriter Kate Campbell offers up a bare-bones collection of hymns, both contemporary and traditional, distinguished by themes of unity and emphasizing the aspect of Christ’s teachings known as the Social Gospel. Campbell’s […]
Kate Campbells latest album sounds like a collection of dusty memories from a half-century ago. Maybe it is. Campbell writes in the liner notes about how, as a little girl, she loved listening to her mother play St. Louis Blues […]
Those who have been fans of Kate Campbell for her penetrating songwriting as much for her compelling singing may be surprised to find that her new disc is almost all covers. Only one of the thirteen tracks is original — […]
The cover photograph of Monuments shows a collection of sculptures below a sign advertising tombstones for sale. It’s a fitting image for an album dealing with change and the mortality of people, places and ways of life. Campbell’s songs evoke […]
Theres no question Kate Camp_bell is proud of her roots. Shes a Southerner, and Moonpie Dreams plays like a veritable tour guide through Southern Americana: Galaxie 500 cars, drawls so thick cement is spelled sea-mint, the tourist trap Ruby Falls, […]
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