{"id":34589,"date":"2023-07-13T23:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T21:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=34589"},"modified":"2023-07-13T23:53:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T21:53:10","slug":"alice-howe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2023\/07\/alice-howe\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Howe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-34590\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/alice-howe-circumstance.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/alice-howe-circumstance.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/alice-howe-circumstance.jpeg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/alice-howe-circumstance.jpeg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Op <strong>Circumstance<\/strong> (KnowHowe) van de Amerikaanse singer-songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicehowe.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alice Howe<\/a> komen de werelden van Laurel Canyon en Muscle Shoals op overtuigende wijze samen. Howe komt oorspronkelijk van de oostkust, maar ze trok op instigatie van Freebo naar de westkust. De veteraan die jarenlang bassist was in de band van Bonnie Raitt is sindsdien haar muzikale partner. Hij vervult de rol van producer, begeleider en helpt Howe als liedjesschrijver. De platencollectie van haar ouders vormde de belangrijkste inspiratie. Op dit album valt ze ergens te situeren tussen Linda Ronstadt en Bonnie<!--more--> Raitt. Toch ontstijgt ze met de liedjes van <em>Circumstance<\/em> epigonisme. Dat heeft alles te maken met haar ongekunstelde voordracht. Ze is gewoon wie ze is en zo klinkt ze ook. Ze houdt zich aan de bekende thematiek van singer-songwriters uit Californi\u00eb, die vooral hun eigen belevingswereld schetsen. Op <em>Things I\u2019m Not Saying<\/em> verhaalt ze over de manier waarop ze haar vrijheid pakte. \u2018I bought a new car and I moved to LA \/ There\u2019s just something about it \/ I don\u2019t care what they say \/ I can walk in the sunshine \/ On the days I feel blue \/ It\u2019s the best place I got \/ To escape what I\u2019m not saying to you.\u2019 Een stukgelopen relatie, daarmee kun je aankomen in Los Angeles. Maar goed, het ging ook over Muscle Shoals toch? Jazeker, want op uitnodiging van gitarist Will McFarlane, die net als Freebo jarenlang Raitt begeleidde, werd daar opgenomen. Dus sijpelt er ook wat countrysoul uit de luidsprekers (<em>Let Go<\/em>). <em>Somebody\u2019s New Lover Now<\/em> begint als iets van de debuutplaat van Eagles. <em>What About You<\/em> leunt op een voorbeeld als Jackson Browne: \u2018I\u2019m picturin\u2019 a rainy Sunday \/ Playin\u2019 old records all afternoon \/ With someone who loves me \/ Through and through \/ What about you?\u2019 Op de lichtjes bluesy tracks <em>Line By Line<\/em> (met Hammond B3-orgel) en <em>Travelin\u2019 Soul<\/em> (met Wurlitzer-piano) valt te denken aan Rory Block. Na tien prima eigen nummers besluit Howe met de enige cover, het door Dayna Kurtz geschreven <em>It\u2019s How You Hold Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alice Howe - &quot;Somebody's New Lover Now&quot; (Official Music Video)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X9q7JDRe5mI\" width=\"440\" height=\"325\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Op Circumstance (KnowHowe) van de Amerikaanse singer-songwriter Alice Howe komen de werelden van Laurel Canyon en Muscle Shoals op overtuigende wijze samen. Howe komt oorspronkelijk van de oostkust, maar ze trok op instigatie van Freebo naar de westkust. De veteraan die jarenlang bassist was in de band van Bonnie Raitt is sindsdien haar muzikale partner. 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