Emma Swift - Blonde On The Tracks [VINYL]

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Emma Swift has been hailed for the strength and beauty of her songcraft and a resiliant yet vulnerable voice that is both heartbreaking and heartbroken all at once. BLONDE ON THE TRACKS was first begun at Nashville\u2019s famed Magnetic Sound Studio in 2017 but only recently brought to fruition, with Swift working alongside producer Patrick Sansone (Wilco, The Autumn Defense) via email in April and May to finesse the unfinished material and record two further songs to complete the project. Swift\u2019s \u201creimagining\u201d of Dylan\u2019s songs bring a balancing gentleness \u2013 clear and soft where the songwriter might rasp; plaintive and emotive where he may perhaps be more sanguine. Indeed, Swift\u2019s vocal on \u201cI Contain Multitudes\u201d is so immediate and clean that it\u2019s almost as if you feel her breath in your ear. It\u2019s striking in its intimacy, especially as heard during this time of communal isolation. \r
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Furthermore, BLONDE ON THE TRACKS marks another chapter in Nashville\u2019s deep connection with Dylan, a long, proud legacy encompassing such timeless LPs as BLONDE ON BLONDE, JOHN WESLEY HARDING, and of course, NASHVILLE SKYLINE. Swift\u2019s \u201cSad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands\u201d harkens back to that distinctive sound, while other tracks call to mind Dylan\u2019s celebrated work with The Band. Sansone\u2019s masterful production provides the perfect light touch, supporting Swift\u2019s vocals with instrumentation by some of the finest session players Nashville has to offer, including pedal steel guitar from Thayer Serrano, Steelism\u2019s Jon Estes and Jon Radford (on bass and drums, respectively), and guitar by legendary British singer-songwriter \u2013 and inveterate Dylanologist \u2013 Robyn Hitchcock.\r
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\u201cThe idea for the album came about during a long depressive phase,\u201d says Swift, \u201cthe kind where it\u2019s hard to get out of bed and get dressed and present to the world as a high-functioning human. I was lost on all fronts no doubt, but especially creatively.\r
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\u201cI\u2019ve never been a prolific writer, but this period was especially wordless. Sad, listless and desperate, I began singing Bob Dylan songs as a way to have something to wake up for. Interpreting other people\u2019s emotions is how I learned to sing and I\u2019ve always enjoyed hearing Dylan\u2019s songs from a female perspective. You can learn a lot about melody and feeling by the way a singer chooses to interpret someone else\u2019s song. You can learn alot about words by singing someone else\u2019s. I\u2019m very influenced by singers like Sandy Denny, Joan Baez, Billie Holiday, Sinead O\u2019Connor. There\u2019s an art to interpretation, and for me, these women are the masters. I\u2019m as indebted to them on this record as I am to Bob Dylan.\u201d