{"id":29325,"date":"2011-01-28T19:03:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T18:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=29325"},"modified":"2011-01-28T19:03:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T18:03:54","slug":"skivrecension-amos-lee-mission-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=29325","title":{"rendered":"Skivrecension: Amos Lee: Mission Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAmos Lee: Mission Bell
\nBetyg: 4<\/p>\n

Mission Bell \u00e4r Amos Lees fj\u00e4rde studioalbum. Han brukar placeras i facket singer-songwriter och \u00e4r en av de som har f\u00f6rm\u00e5gan att f\u00e5 fram s\u00e5 mycket k\u00e4nsla i sitt gitarrspel att lyssnaren bara sm\u00e4lter. El Camino, f\u00f6rsta sp\u00e5ret p\u00e5 skivan, \u00e4r precis en s\u00e5dan s\u00e5ng d\u00e4r Amos Lee \u00e4r som b\u00e4st, enligt min smak. Ett lugnt gitarrintro, hans eftert\u00e4nksamma r\u00f6st som ackompanjeras av det mjuka gitarrspelet, lite melankoliskt, vemodigt.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Amos Lees musik kan klassas in inom kategorierna folk, soul och jazz ocks\u00e5. N\u00e5gra sp\u00e5ren h\u00f6r mer dit. Det brukar s\u00e4gas att hans musikaliska influenser \u00e4r Stevie Wonder, John Prine, Bill Withers och James Taylor. Det \u00e4r v\u00e4l en bra sammanfattning, det finns sp\u00e5r fr\u00e5n dem alla i de olika sp\u00e5ren p\u00e5 skivan.<\/p>\n

Amos Lee har turnerat med flera av de stora, som Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, John Prine och Dave Matthews Band. <\/p>\n

Joey Burns har producerat skrivan och Calexico kompar, vilket bidrar till fylligheterna i musiken. G\u00e4sts\u00e5ngare \u00e4r bland annat Lucinda Williams och Wille Nelson. <\/p>\n

Recensenten i Helsingborgs Dagblad<\/a> menar att detta tillsammans med Amos Lee helgjutna insats som l\u00e5tskrivare och uttolkare som g\u00f6r att han aldrig har l\u00e5tit b\u00e4ttre. Fr\u00e5n det intima (”Stay with me”) till det storslagna panoramat (”Behind me now”). <\/em><\/p>\n

Lite fakta om Amos Lee fr\u00e5n Wikipedia:<\/a><\/p>\n

Born Ryan Massaro in 1978, Lee grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He graduated from Cherry Hill High School East.
\nHe enrolled at the University of South Carolina in 1995, graduating with an English degree. While attending the university, Lee’s stepfather gave him an acoustic guitar. Lee also found a job at a record store that specialized in jazz musicians, where he picked up an affinity for Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis.
\nAfter college, he moved back to Philadelphia and taught elementary school for two years, but later made the decision to stop teaching in order to pursue a career in music. Lee released a self-produced EP that featured five songs in 2003, and was signed by Blue Note Records soon afterward. The EP sold well in Philadelphia, catching the attention of Norah Jones. Jones invited Lee to open for her on her 2004 tour. Lee has also taken part in shows with Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Paul Simon and John Prine.
\n Some people think his music is a mixture of Folk and R&B. He has publicly said, ”I’ve always gone for that folky-R&B sound for my music.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sp\u00e5ren p\u00e5 Mission Bell:
\n1 El Camino
\n2 Windows Are Rolled Down
\n3 Violin
\n4 Flower
\n5 Stay With Me
\n6 Out Of The Cold
\n7 Jesus
\n8 Hello Again
\n9 Learned A Lot
\n10 Cup Of Sorrow
\n11 Clear Blue Eyes feat. Lucinda W…
\n12 Behind Me Now\/El Camino Reprise…<\/p>\n