Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
the Holy Coming Of The Storm
(Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, 2011)
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01. Lost Lovin' Gal
02. On God's Rocky Shore
03. My Lover, Adorned
04. Fleeting Like the Days
05. Weathervane Waltz
06. My Bloody Heart
07. Cutting In/Weymann's Last Run
08. Jealous Sea
09. Over There
10. Since You Took Your Leave
11. Won't Be Long
12. Kingsfold
13. I'll Not Be A Stranger
14. My Bloody Heart Reprise
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"Of je het nu Bluegrass, of desnoods Appalachen Folk noemt – maakt niet uit – dit is voor liefhebbers om van te watertanden. Mocht je ooit een blinde aanschaf overwegen dan is dit het moment."
Rein van den Berg, AltCountryForum
"Jemig, wat een prachtige muziek staat op The Holy Coming Of The Storm. Ja, dit album is een echte aanrader voor liefhebbers van melancholische country en bluegrass."
Norbert Tebarts , Written In Music
"Net als bij 'O brother', waarop Dan Tyminski's Union Station het geluid bepaalde, grijpen Morrisons liedjes diep in de tradities van bluegrass en country zonder dat het oubollige nostalgie wordt. Met respect slepen de twee virtuoos de muziek van toen de nieuwe tijd binnen."
**** Peter Hovestad, Leidsch Dagblad (oa)
"Het resultaat is een album voor de eeuwigheid, tot de rand toe gevuld met muziekjes met een bijzonder lange houdbaarheidsdatum.
Een plaat, waarvoor men in kringen van liefhebbers van bluegrass superlatieven tekort zal komen."
**** Benny Metten, CtrlAltCountry.be
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Cahalen Morrison & Eli West
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With a handful of acoustic instruments and the clear harmonies of bluegrass song traditions, Cahalen and Eli have created an entirely new strain of roots music. Their sound crosses the warmth old-time with the fierceness of bluegrass, and high lonesome harmonies that would fit into any evening at the Opry. Together, they’ve taken time-tested musical traditions and bent them into new shapes to fit a new world.
Cahalen Morrison is a genuine, old-time musician, who blends his love of American roots music with the dusty land of his childhood in rural New Mexico. Building on influences like Norman Blake, Greg Brown, and Tim O’Brien, his music twists and turns in familiar, yet unexpected ways.
Eli West, a distinctive multi-instrumentalist with bluegrass roots, has found common ground with Cahalen from which many beautiful ideas have grown. Based in Seattle, Eli is a busy arranger and composer with an addiction to syncopation and crooked harmonies.
The roots of Cahalen Morrison & Eli West are strong, their branches are shady, and the guitars, banjos, mandolins, and harmonies will carry you far off the beaten path to a place under open Western skies.
“Cahalan and Eli are making music that the world needs.” Tim O’Brien
“This is quite extraordinary!” Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
“In a city and era that can seem crowded with ‘genericana,’ there’s no chance of Morrison & West getting lost amongst the new crop of beards in Ballard. Because when someone says Morrison & West are of another era, they’re not talking about warm Laurel Canyon harmonies; they’re talking dust-bowl dirges, lightening-quick finger-picking on a clawhammer banjo, and twang that recalls tintype portraits. Morrison & West’s vocals are more like Dan Tyminski, than Graham Nash.” Abbey Simmons, Sound On The Sound
“The easy critical impulse is to point out that Cahalen Morrison & Eli West sound like they’ve stepped out of a crackly record or wax cylinder from the 1920s. And it’s easy for a reason: They’ve got the kind of classic voices that beautifully complement roots music and, sure, they stick to the old-timey instruments. But any schmuck can chew on a corncob pipe and call it a nostalgia act. Morrison & West can write gorgeous, solid songs with harmonies that’ll wake you up in the middle of the night when your subconscious remembers how fine they are.” Paul Constant, The Stranger, Seattle
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