After seven lines of the list of credits for the album, the last
\nline reads, “All these fine people, and many others, were involved
\nin making me find these great songs.” And, this is true.
\nDon’t I Know<\/i> is an album of songs written by other people —
\nMaura simply sings them — and, the choice of songs is
\nexcellent.<\/p>\n
\nDon’t I Know<\/i> is an album of ‘pop-song’ nature. It has a
\nheavy underbelly of folk, with producer Jerry Douglas playing the
\nlap steel guitar on literally every song. It also has great words,
\nnot to mention very fine singing. The appealing words sung out,
\nstand clearly from the supporting music, and this runs consistently
\nthroughout the album — those people in the seven lines of the list
\nof credits have indeed gone through a lot of hard work to search
\nfor words and bring them to Laura’s lips.<\/p>\n
The most beautiful of them all, “Trip Around The Sun” — the
\nalbum starter and a subtly philosophical birthday song — has the
\nchorus saying, “I’m just hanging on while this ol’ world keeps
\nspinning\u2026if there’s one thing I’ve learned from all this
\nliving; it’s that it wouldn’t change a thing if I let go,” and a
\ndeep, as well as simplistic closing line, “Just enjoy this ride on
\nmy trip around the sun\u2026till it’s done.”<\/p>\n
As a aching lover, Maura sings, “And life’s so hard; it’s the
\nlittle things that seem to be saving me today; and I am doing what
\nI can not to be getting down; and I am going down in flames” on
\n“Going Down In Flames,” and on “Up And Flying,” sings, “I should be
\nfree to leave the ground; with no dreams left to weigh me
\ndown\u2026The one I loved loves someone new.”<\/p>\n
Maura’s baritone-ish vocals sound like a mother sheltering the
\ntender words that she brings to life with her most appropriate
\nrendition of them, as if they were her very own. Her warm vocals,
\nand the simple but nicely assembled musical arrangements, complete
\nwith acoustic and lapsteel guitars and keys, make
\nDon’t I Know<\/i> a very feel-good record.<\/p>\n
\nDon’t I Know<\/i> makes a nice companion when one is driving
\nthrough the countryside where everything is calm and serene, and
\nthe wind is sweet and pure. It is uncomplicated, but nicely
\nproduced. It does bridge pop music and folk music, and has a
\n‘country’ feel to it, too. It is for everyone who likes deep
\nlyrical content and non-glamorous thoughtful pop music mixed with
\nfolk music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":26903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6672],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-38203","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-maura-oconnell","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38203"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}