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Delmhorst puts poetry in folk tunes; Stylist makes 'Conversation' with classically inspired lyrics.(LIFE - ARTS ETC.)(LISTENING STATION)
From: The Washington Times
Date: 20060530
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Byline: Jay Votel, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Strange Conversation
Kris Delmhorst
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In folk music, the lyrics reign supreme. Good songwriters are skilled crafters of language, and the best folk artists always seem to be carrying books, drawing on literature for inspiration.
For "Strange Conversation," her fourth disc, New England-based Kris Delmhorst mined the classics two songs here including the title track are derived from Hermann Broch's 1945 "The Death of Virgil." All 12 tracks come from poets: George Gordon Lord Byron, Robert Browning, Walt ...
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