Shotgun Singer Explained

Shotgun Singer
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Kris Delmhorst
Cover:	ShotgunSinger.jpg
Released:	April 15, 2008
Recorded:	North Reading, MA
Genre:	Americana, Folk music
Label:	Signature Sounds
Producer:	Kris Delmhorst, Sam Kassirer
Prev Title:	Strange Conversation
Prev Year:	2006

Shotgun Singer is an album by American singer/songwriter Kris Delmhorst, released in 2008.

History

Delmhorst recorded Shotgun Singer in a rural cabin with minimal recording gear by herself. Once completed, she brought in various players to add to the songs, including her husband Jeffrey Foucault and friend and label-mate Peter Mulvey. Those three had previously released Redbird together five years earlier.

Reception

Joe Vigilione of Allmusic wrote "... anyone dipping into a song like "Freediver" or any other random track on this disc is bound to be quite surprised at the extraordinary depth inside."

The Boston Herald stated in their review: "Perennial Boston Music Award nominee Delmhorst makes a stunning transformation by moving from the countrified folk of her previous three releases to a dreamier and denser sound brimming with atmosphere and muted-but-infectious melodies... Shotgun Singer is a work of lo-fi beauty, and evidence of an artist taking flight."^[1]

Track listing

All songs by Kris Delmhorst.

1. "Blue Adeline" – 4:28
2. "Heavens Hold the Sun" – 3:43
3. "To the Wire" – 4:02
4. "Midnight Ringer" – 4:13
5. "If Not for Love" – 3:27
6. "Riverwide" – 4:19
7. "1000 Reasons" – 4:33
8. "Birds of Belfast" – 4:57
9. "Oleander" – 3:05
10. "Kiss It Away" – 3:14
11. "Freediver" – 4:02
12. "Brand New Sound" – 3:26

Personnel

• Kris Delmhorst – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, organ, piano, cello, tambourine, mandolin, bass, vibraphone, keyboards, Fender Rhondes
• Jeffrey Foucault – acoustic guitar, banjo, slide guitar
• David "Goody" Goodrich – guitar loops
• Sam Kassirer – organ, piano, percussion, keyboards, vibraphone, Fender Rhodes
• Erin McKeown – requinto
• Peter Mulvey – electric guitar

Production

• Produced by Kris Delmhorst and Sam Kassirer
• Engineered by Danny Bernini, Justin Pizzoferrato, Andy Pinkham and Sam Kassirer
• Mastered by Jeff Lipton
• Mixed by Kristen Smith
• Photography by Jon Strymish, Jeffrey Foucault and Kris Delmhorst
• Design by Paul Fucik

External links

• Official Kris Delmhorst website
• Signature Sounds Recordings

Notes and References

1. Dow, Nate. Boston Herald. April 18, 2008.