A straight
path never leads anywhere except to the objective. - André Gide
Comes the cold
weather and here’s Kim Beggs with a boiling remedy.
Said
Little Sparrow is an
ornate ceramic cup of songs, self-produced, hand-painted and flashing with
guitar constellations, but gooey with dark caramel fiddles and weissenborns and
lemony lyrics on the inside, shimmering with reverb and as hot as a fevered night
sweat.
She brings us tales from the
roadside of love, and the brink of forgiveness, sharing her terrors and comforts through a special recipe of images, memories and incidents. She carries us down the tailings
trough of her ever-wandering life story, scooping out nuggets of narrative that glisten in the listener's ear.
With cautionary history lessons, in Blister and Hurts The Worst, mystery lessons, in Heart In A Bucket and Frozen Horizon, and the absolute ice of her startling interpretation of See That My Grave Is Kept Clean, Kim Beggs opens our hearts with the subdued gaiety and confidence of her voice and the authoritative solidarity of her hand-picked musical team. Burke Carroll`s pedal steel, Sam Allison`s banjo and John Showman`s fiddle all galvanize the nighttime crispness with shades of melancholy, while the pathways are surveyed and lit clearly by the familiar rhythm section of Brian Kobayakawa, Michelle Josef, Justin Haynes and David Baxter. Golden lacing is added by the harmonies of Oh Susana and Nicole Edwards and by the metallurgic magic of David Travers-Smith`s mix.
With cautionary history lessons, in Blister and Hurts The Worst, mystery lessons, in Heart In A Bucket and Frozen Horizon, and the absolute ice of her startling interpretation of See That My Grave Is Kept Clean, Kim Beggs opens our hearts with the subdued gaiety and confidence of her voice and the authoritative solidarity of her hand-picked musical team. Burke Carroll`s pedal steel, Sam Allison`s banjo and John Showman`s fiddle all galvanize the nighttime crispness with shades of melancholy, while the pathways are surveyed and lit clearly by the familiar rhythm section of Brian Kobayakawa, Michelle Josef, Justin Haynes and David Baxter. Golden lacing is added by the harmonies of Oh Susana and Nicole Edwards and by the metallurgic magic of David Travers-Smith`s mix.
Kim is in
full control of her musical hospice, which she runs as a low barrier drop-in,
with lyrics and chord instructions cheerfully provided for conflict resolution and harm reduction. The meticulous booklet is also a family album and gallery guide, tucked inside a triple gatefold
artisanal jacket.
With a cross country ramble almost completed, Kim and her road
compadre Marcel Desilets have been carrying
these songs from town to town across the country as a duo. Jump soon to find them
and hear them. Or for those who prefer to stay at home to get well with rest
and liquids, there is a video of lead song Vampire Love Song recently debuted.
Kim tells her stories in a roundabout way that
keeps the listener`s ears alive and
alert and returning to
Said Little Sparrow
for extra encouragement and release.
Keep on stirring and it will fix you up fine.
Listen And Buy Here At Kim Beggs' Store
Said Little Sparrow
for extra encouragement and release.
Keep on stirring and it will fix you up fine.
Listen And Buy Here At Kim Beggs' Store
