She drummed in Canadian punk outfits before taking the mic for her debut album, 1997’s The Virginian. Find Neko Case song information on AllMusic. We are hoping to eventually work on a solution for this when we have the resources to do so. This company sells your internet traffic to other people, meaning that other people can use your IP address and can break some of the above rules, causing you to be banned from this site.
It is, more than any of her other LPs, wall-to-wall with incredible compositions and performances.
Lyrically it is more obtuse than most of Case’s songs, but she delivers the tricky lines with such force and power that it doesn’t even matter. People fall over themselves trying to put Neko Case’s powerful voice into words. A favorite at live shows where bandmate Jon Rauhouse typically bangs out accompaniment on a banjo, the rendition on the Austin City Limits live recording is essential listening. View all upcoming tour dates. Perhaps the most beautiful song ever sung about a monstrous serial killer and the near countless victims of his violence, “Deep Red Bells” is a lament for the dozens of women killed by the Green River Killer who terrorized the interstates around Case’s then home of Tacoma, Washington.
It sounds like hyperbole but if you listen to the show (or watch it) it is difficult to deny that they captured a special bit of chemistry on that stage. It’s an early look at the power, clarity and emotion that now defines her. But if there are some valleys in the track list, they just make the album’s peaks seem to soar that much higher.
That was filled with country standards, covers and a few roughly hewn originals, and holds only a fleeting glimpse of her talent and prowess. It’s another example of how Case can slip gritty and often grim stories into catchy tunes like a dog owner hiding a bitter pill in a piece of cheese. You might have the Hola VPN extension installed. There are the two guitars—one electric, one pedal steel—reverb-drenched and twisting around and through the haunting backup vocals while Case performs with an unapologetic lyrical frankness in her incomparable shimmering alto. This is a list of 12 original Neko Case songs that offer a look at the breadth of her talents, from her achingly emotive vocals to her deft lyrical compositions. It’s a breathtaking example of her power, and “Favorite”—originally off of The Tigers Have Spoken is a highlight that opens the set. Honey-voiced alt-country chanteuse who matured into a thoughtful, stylistically adventurous indie pop singer/songwriter. “Bracing for Sunday” starts off sounding like a barroom recollection of good times, then, the sax (played by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos) kicks in before the second verse and Case confesses, “I only ever held one love / her name was Mary Anne / she died having a child by her brother / he died because I murdered him.” It gets dark quickly, yet, melody buoys the grim subject matter and keeps listeners’ feet tapping as they root for the “Friday night girl,” even as she shakes with uncertainty in her bed. Honey-voiced alt-country chanteuse who matured into a thoughtful, stylistically adventurous indie pop singer/songwriter.
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done anything to warrant a ban, this is most likely the case. “I listened in when you thought you were alone,” she warbles, “calling the sphinx on a tornado’s phone / who knew what you meant / I only heard what I wanted.” She could sing names out of the phonebook with that voice and still sell out shows. You could have been banned by mistake. Genres: Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter, Chamber Folk. The saxophone is a striking contrast to her vocals, something Case should feature in her arrangements more often. (Required), You can request being unbanned by clicking.