"Tom Russell is de renaissance-man van de Americana: schrijver, schilder, criminoloog en singer-songwriter met een gruisbariton. Dit album conpleteert zijn trilogie over zijn eigen en de Amerikaanse geschiedenis, die begon met "The Man From God Knows Where" (1999) en "Hotwalker" (2005). Dit meest ambitieuze project is een cowboy-folkopera van 150 minuten lang. Historische feiten en fictie lopen door elkaar in een episch avontuur over een Ierse tiener die rond 1880 naar Amerika vlucht en zich ontpopt tot een beruchte outlaw. In de grote cast vinden we o.a. Johnny Cash, Augie Meyers, Joe Ely, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Jimmy LaFave en Gretchen Peters. Russell bouwt zijn mozaïekfilm uit stompende countryrock, prachtballads, Ierse traditionals, cowboyliedjes, gospel, Mexicaanse en Frans-Canadese songs, alsmede archiefopnames (van Walt Whitman tot Leadbelly). Americana in de meest waarachtige zin van het woord. Een indrukwekkend epos, spannender dan menige western." (Herman vd Horst, Lust For Lifel; 4 uit 5 sterren)
Nederlands
| Titel | The Rose Of Roscrae: A Ballad Of The West |
| Auteur | Tom Russell |
| Type materiaal | CD |
| Uitgave | Proper, 2015 |
| Overige gegevens | 2 discs |
| Annotatie | Tracks: (1) Tom Russell, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Norwegian Wind Ensemble - Ouverture; (2) Tom Russell - This Is The Last Frontier; (3) Tom Russell, David Olney - Guilty / Johnny Behind-The-Deuce; (4) Tom Russell, Johnny Cash - Sam Hall; (5) Tom Russell - The Rose Of Roscrae; (6) Tom Russell - Hair Trigger Heart; (7) Tom Russell, Joe Ely, Augie Meyers - He'll Be Dead Before He Hits The Ground; (8) Tom Russell, Fats Kaplin - You Gotta Have A Dance / St. James Hospital; (9) Tom Russell, Jimmy LaFave, Gretchen Peters - Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos; (10) Tom Russell - The Last Running; (11) Tom Russell, Walt Whitman - Home On The Range / America; (12) Tom Russell - Just A Closer Walk (With Angie Blood); (13) Tom Russell, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Jack Hardy, David Massengill, Tex Ritter - Cowboy Voices Beyond The Campsite; (14) Tom Russell - He Wasn't A Bad Kid, When He Was Sober; (15) Tom Russell, David Olney - The Sidekick's Latest Testament; (16) Tom Russell - Johnny's Campfire Soliloquy #1; (17) Tom Russell, A.L Lloyd, Jimmie Dale Gilmore - The Unfortunate Rake / The Streets Of Laredo; (18) Tom Russell - The Hands Of Damien; (19) Tom Russell - This Is The Last Frontier / Campfire Soliloquy #2; (20) Tom Russell, Finbar Furey - Carrickfergus / The Water Is Wide; (21) Tom Russell, Sourdough Slim - The Fairground Pugillist; (22) Tom Russell - Campfire Soliloquy #3; (23) Tom Russell - Campfire Ghosts / Cowboy Voices; (24) Tom Russell, John Trudell - Crazy Horse / Custer's Luck; (25) Tom Russell - Johnny Behind-The-Deuce #2 - Molokai; (26) Tom Russell - She Talks To God; (27) Tom Russell - Rock Of Ages / Gunpowder Sunset Overture; (28) Tom Russell, Maura O'Connell, Norwegian Wind Ensemble - The Water Is Wide / Overture; (29) Tom Russell, Maura O'Connell - I Talk To God; (30) Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson - The Bear; (31) Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson - The Railroad Boy; (32) Tom Russell - Resurrection Mountain; (33) Tom Russell, Gretchen Peters - When The Wolves No Longer Sing; (34) Tom Russell, Augie Meyers - Just A Closer Walk With Thee / The Gospel Of John, Chapter 4; (35) Tom Russell, Eliza Gilkyson - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well; (36) Tom Russell - Damien (A Crust Of Bread, A Slice Of Fish, A Cup Of Water); (37) Tom Russell, Gretchen Peters, Ana Gabriel - Guadalupe / Valentine De La Sierra; (38) Tom Russell - Pour Mother Mexico; (39) Tom Russell, Joe Ely, Ian Tyson - Gallo Del Cielo; (40) Tom Russell - Soliloquy #1 / Swiss Yodel Choir; (41) Tom Russell, Bonnie Dobson - En Canadien Errant; (42) Tom Russell, Joe Ely, Augie Meyers - He'll Be Dead Before He Hits The Ground #2; (43) Tom Russell - Doin' Hard Time In Texas; (44) Tom Russell, Leadbelly {Lead Belly} - When I Was A Cowboy; (45) Tom Russell, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Guy Clark, Dan Penn - West Texas Montage; (46) Tom Russell - Old Rattlebag Blues (Soliloquy #2); (47) Tom Russell - Midnight Wine; (48) Tom Russell - Whiskey In His Blood; (49) Tom Russell - Tularosa; (50) Tom Russell - Irish Medley / The Stable; (51) Tom Russell, Gurf Morlix, Eliza Gilkyson, Augie Meyers - Isn't It Grand?; (52) Tom Russell, Maura O'Connell - The Rose Of Roscrae. |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Onderwerp algemeen | Country & Western ; Americana; Alt. country |
