Private CDR
Ora Cogan : Tatter (CAN,2006)****'
It’s been two years since her last release, so now Ora released herself a CDR published in old cut-in-four LP covers (mine came from a library music record). Her voice, only accompanied by acoustic guitar comes a bit closer to Jolie Holland this time. There’s a slight dark shadowly melancholic veil over them. Beautiful and pure. Recommended.
Update : "Tattar" has been released on real CD now->
Private Ora Cogan : Tatter (CAN,2006,re.2007)****°
Now that Ora’s private cdr finally is released as a real digipack cd, I have to celebrate this by giving it another listen and review, and some more attention, especially also now since she is preparing for a European tour. Her fingerpickings are always nice, a bit like second voice and arrangement, slightly rhythmical-melodic. There’s old time music and gospel-blues in the veins, also the voice is gospel-bluesy and with much heartfelt and well ranged melodic variations. The songs are poetic, full of rainy days and daily life relation blues reflections ; at her best she’s singing them with burning curves in the heart. There are some extra banjo-appearances on two tracks by Trish Klein. Most songs are hers, but we also have a brilliant interpretation of “old black swan”, which came originally from the opera the Medium (’47), but was also sung by Nina Simone on one of her records, and “my sweetie went away”, an old time song, which I only found in a later version by Cannonball Adderly, and lastly, “motherless child” another classic, which here is accompanied by bowed violin intros, and picked violin by Ora as well while singing. After having taken a distance to the previous cdr first, the songs were even more appreciated since. Recommended !
Live in Canada she had several accompanying band members participating, mostly with Kenton Loewen(Drums) and Mark Beaty (Bass) and sometimes with: Cornerstone (a'ccapella gospel) Frazey Ford, Trish Klein & John Raham (the Be Good Tanyas) Anni Rossi (Chicago) Rio en Medio & Avocet Mattress (PDX) Yoni (PDX) Lady Lucille (Brooklyn) Saw players: Lily Fawn (Hank & Lily) Lily Mars (Oz St. Fossils) Steve Dawson Tarran the Tailor Aja Rose Bond (magic noise) Flat Grey (harsh noise) Aerosol Constellations Mongst (Shearing Pinx) Daniel Pitout (Nu Sensae),…
