Nanci Griffith
Hearts In Mind
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A rustic, resonating Dobro guitar and piano open this exquisite album before Nanci Griffith's vocal harmonies come cascading down the way Emmylou Harris' used to. While much of Griffith's 12th album is inspired by "Operation Iraqi Liberation" (O.I.L.), she still makes room for her trademark twangy, folk-tinged love songs.
Folkie songstress takes on war -- between countries and on the domestic frontlousy wars make for good folk songs. At least that's one strangely upbeat lesson you could learn listening to Hearts in Mind, the luminous new album by Nanci Griffith dedicated "to the memory of every soldier and every civilian lost to the horrors of war." Produced by Griffith and Pat
Read More McInerney -- a longtime member of her Blue Moon Orchestra -- Hearts balances songs informed by assorted wars ("Big Blue Ball of War," "Old Hanoi") with others more focused on the domestic, romantic home front (the buoyant "Love Conquers All"). Friends and fellow travelers pop up here and there -- including Jimmy Buffett on Clive Gregson's wonderfully wry "I Love This Town" -- but the heart of Hearts remains Griffith's lovely, literate voice and her stubborn grace
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