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...MUSIC . . . BLUE ROSES FROM THE MOONS: In her new CD, Nanci Griffith aims for direct emotion and musical simplicity. The bass-heavy Wall of Sound from her 1994 'Flyer' has crumbled; this is a live-in-the-studio set with a country feel and, among the sidemen, songwriter Sonny Curtis and the three survivors from Buddy Holly?s Crickets. "The team is relaxed and enthusiastic; it?s the aural equivalent of a good mood," notes TIME's Richard Corliss. "It?s not that people aren?t sad, don?t get kicked around, never die. It?s that music can evaporate...
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...feathery verses and send them next door to her sister-in-law, content to preserve her New England obscurity. Today a would-be Dickinson is more likely to grab a guitar, put together a backup band and hit the road. That was precisely the path taken by Nanci Griffith, a wide-eyed Texas waif who may just be one of America's best poets -- and for sure is one of its best songwriters...
...Music: Nanci Griffith may be folk's best messenger...
...THOUGH NANCI GRIFFITH ever forsook her folk roots. She was just worried that others would forget, and that her younger fans might never know. So, with Other Voices, Other Rooms, she pays homage to her heroes, those folk stars who sang to her from her bedside radio when she was a Texas teenager. Some of her honorees even come to the party. Bob Dylan plays harmonica on his almost forgotten Boots of Spanish Leather. John Prine sings harmony on his Speed of the Sound of Loneliness. Arlo Guthrie sings on Tecumseh Valley, by Townes Van Zandt, though...