MelissaCrabtree – The Day I Fell In The Water (Independent)
Melissa Crabtree is fortunate to maintain twocareers; the first as wilderness guide in her home state of Colorado andsecondly as a professional musician, singer and songwriter. It’s no surprisethat the former is a major influence on the latter. Indeed, local flora andfauna, and the landscapes they habitat, provide the themes for many of hersongs, and even the sounds and ambience of nature are reflected by theinstrumentation; a plucked mandolin replicates the flutter of wings on “Bees”and the bass on “Water Canyon” almost induces feelings of vertigo. Green issues, of course, are close to her heart, andmuch to the fore in her writing. When she released her debut album “Off TheBeaten Path” in 2002, she toured America in a vegetable oil-powered van, wasfeatured in the “Fields Of Fuel” documentary and produced a compilation albumto draw attention to fossil fuel issues. On “The Day I Fell In The Water” songslike “Spirit Mountain” and “Daisies Talk” reiterate her standpoint, but they’realso great folk songs, beautifully played and sung in a rich, rootsy voice.First track “Sheila” includes all those attributes, together with a few others.It’s a tremendous four and a half minutes, which deserves prominence on anyAmericana fan’s playlist. The title track is haunting and atmospheric andevocative of something that can’t quite be seen or touched. It’s a splendidcollection, and fans of Mary Gauthier and Iris DeMent should probablyinvestigate further.www.melissacrabtree.comwww.soundcloud.com/melissa-crabtreeRob F.
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