Shotgun Singer by Kris Delmhorst
Produced by Sam Kassirer & KD
Shotgun Singer began as an act of solitary creation. Holed up in a rural cabin with minimal recording gear and a houseful of instruments, Delmhorst recorded her new songs alone, in layers of intimate vocals which she combined with electric and nylon guitars, cellos, keyboards, loops, and percussion. With the core of each song thus established, she brought in a diverse cast of players to add sparse backing lines of drums, keys, guitar, and vinyl-based samples, and enlisted co-producer Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter) in arrangement and mixing. The result is collection of songs fully realized and even lush at times, but retaining a hushed intensity, a spirit of lo-fi intimacy and unhurried exploration. Adventurous, elegant, lucid, and haunting, the record is the work of a seasoned artist who has found a musical language, a means of expression, equal to her vision.
Tracklist
| 1. | Blue Adeline | 4:28 |
| 2. | Heavens Hold the Sun | 3:44 |
| 3. | To the Wire | 4:03 |
| 4. | Midnight Ringer | 4:14 |
| 5. | If Not for Love | 3:27 |
| 6. | Riverwide | 4:19 |
| 7. | 1000 Reasons | 4:34 |
| 8. | Birds of Belfast | 4:57 |
| 9. | Oleander | 3:05 |
| 10. | Kiss It Away | 3:15 |
| 11. | Freediver | 4:03 |
| 12. | Brand New Sound | 3:26 |
Credits
KD - vocals, acoustic, nylon, and electric guitars, cello, bass, piano, Fender Rhodes, organ, vibraphone, octave mandolin, tambourine, fiddle, banjo
Sam Kassirer - Fender Rhodes, keyboards, organ, percussion, piano, vibraphone
Makaya McCraven - drums
Kimon Kirk - bass
Jeffrey Foucault - banjo, acoustic and slide guitars
Erin McKeown - requinto, piano
Barry Rothman - record samples, shortwave radio
David "Goody" Goodrich - guitar loops
Peter Mulvey - electric guitar
Produced by Sam Kassirer & KD
Engineered by KD at La Petite Maison, Conway, MA; Justin Pizzoferrato at Bank Row Recording, Greenfield MA; Sam Kassirer at Great North Sound Society, Parsonsfield, ME; Danny Bernini at Spirithouse, Northampton, MA; and Andy Pinkham at Mortal Music, Medford, MA.
Mixed by Kris Smith at Q Division, Somerville, MA
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant mastering engineer: Maria Rice
Design by Paul Fucik at the Decoder Ring Design Concern, Austin, TX
