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Artist:
BLOOM, KATH
Title:
Thin Thin Line
Label:
CALDO VERDE
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.50
Catalog #:
CV 010CD
"Few people who enjoyed the signature song 'Come Here' in the movie
Before Sunrise
knew that the artist was folk singer-songwriter Kath Bloom. Kath had recorded several albums in the late seventies but was largely unknown by 1995. Her rediscovery since then with reissues and tribute album contributions by artists such as Devendra Banhart and Mark Kozelek is reminiscent of Vashti Bunyan. Kath's album
Thin Thin Line
justifies the enthusiasm."
Artist:
BLOOM, KATH
Title:
Terror
Label:
CHAPTER MUSIC (AUSTRALIA)
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.50
Catalog #:
CH 061CD
Originally released in 2008 on Chapter Music,
Terror
is the first official album of new material by Connecticut folk legend,
Kath Bloom
-- recorded at Barking Spider Studios in Warren, CT with Kath and her husband
Stan Bronski
. Kath was born and raised in New Haven, CT, where she learned to play guitar among the headstones of her local cemetery. She met avant-garde guitarist
Loren MazzaCane Connors
in 1976, and together they recorded six limited edition albums of fragile folk and blues melodies between 1981 and 1984. Her new songs, however, reveal a singer and songwriter as accomplished and affecting as
Lucinda Williams
or
Gillian Welch
. Most tracks primarily feature Kath's gentle guitar-picking, haunting vocals, and mournful harmonica, although guitarist
Marty Carlson
, husband Stan and long-time collaborator
Tom Hanford
added finishing touches to many tracks. The material ranges from vintage to brand-new to as far back as her days with Loren ("Something To Tell You"). After her collaborations with Connors, Kath entered a period of child-rearing and family life, returning to recording in the early '90s. Director
Richard Linklater
discovered Bloom's music and featured her song "Come Here" in a pivotal scene in his 1995 film
Before Sunrise
. By then, Bloom had begun recording again in earnest, self-releasing a series of cassettes and CD-Rs.
Finally
, released on Chapter Music in 2006 was her first non-CD-R release since 1984. This is arresting, simple, down-to-earth folk music from a poetically-skilled lyricist with a beautifully-frayed voice.
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