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Published On: Tue, Jun 20th, 2017

Phoebe Legere: Heart of Love

Phoebe Legere
Heart of Love

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Heart of Love is Phoebe Legereā€™s 17th album, and the seminal American songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, has just broken into the Roots Music Report Chartā€™s top 20 with this collection. The title track starts us off, Legere mostly manning a mandolin, and talking/warbling a lilting country opener, while a picked acoustic and drums, atmospheric piano and electric guitar inform ā€œMen From Boys.ā€

ā€œOk Cupidā€ is as much nearly spoken verses as sweet harmonies with a jaunty violin. Itā€™s a fun tune about finding love across the net.

Itā€™s evident even this early on into the bakerā€™s dozen that Legere can see her way around writing solid songs in many different modes.

ā€œBlue Canoe,ā€ is informed by wild vocalizing, what sounds like a drum machine, and distorted electric guitar slyness. I like this one a lot, as much because it gets us out of the country vibe for a bit, as for how itā€™s built around one riff where Legere sees her way into layering vocals and lead playing subtly into chanting choruses.

A funky beat, wailing fiddle way back in the mix, and combined vocals get Legere off and running on ā€œCajun Moon.ā€ If you donā€™t just smell creole food cookinā€™ on this short one, well, your senses are dead!

ā€œBrother,ā€ the last tune on Heart of Love, is pushed along by snare and piano. Legerā€™s voice is the most accessible throughout here, and I dig the jamming midway. Another great tune.

You canā€™t miss with Phoebe Legereā€™s Heart of Love.

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