From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V11 #24 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.pattygriffin.net/PattyInConcertDB.php * OR * go to http://www.atorecords.com * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V8 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. * Also, PLEASE do not quote an entire digest when you reply to the * list. Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Sunday, January 28 2007 Volume 11 : Number 024 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: Children Running Through review in Rolling Stone [Steve Berry Subject: MM: Children Running Through review in Rolling Stone I don't think anyone has shared this here yet, but I get the digest, so if this has already been shared, my apologies. Patty Griffin Children Running Through 3 1/2 stars Top country-rock songwriter shines on her own disc Patty Griffen is better known as a songwriter than as a singer of her own songs, thanks to a long run of country and pop covers by bigger artists, including Linda Ronstadt, Dixie Chicks and, bizarrely, Jessica Simpson. But it is Griffin's voice -- its clear, natural force and her disciplined way with vibrato -- that hits you first on Children Running Through, in the spare, sultry bravado of the opening song "You'll Remember." It is, like many of the songs here, a good riddance to trouble and those who start it, and the virtually empty arrangement -- walking bass and brushed drums -- gives Griffin plenty of room to show off the brassy determination underlining the country-comfort delicacy of her singing. Some of her sass here is on the outside. Encouraged by snorting saxes and ash-can drumming, Griffin shows how much blues singer she has in her, minus the affectations, in "Stay the Ride." And she's no barn-dance wallflower in "Getting Ready," which comes with jolts of guitar distortion and even feedback. The affirmation in "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)," a hymm of thanks to Martin Luther King Jr., needs a stronger, truly-gospel voice. But the Sandy Denny-like way Griffin holds notes and words for fighting emphasis in "I Don't Ever Give Up" is beautiful music. -- David Fricke ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V11 #24 *********************************