Gwen Swick
Country of origin:
Canada
Type of music generally:
Evocative/eclectic
Status:
Most recent release, love and gold (2001)
See also:
CBC Music's page for Gwen SwickGwen Swick was formerly with the band Tamarack and is a member of the groups Quartette and The Marigolds
Comparisons:
Jane Siberry, Joni Mitchell
Covers/own material:
Own, occasional cowriting
General comments:
I haven't heard anything like this since the last good Jane Siberry album. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Recommended first album:
love and gold is the first we've heard
Recordings:
- Gwen Swick (1993)
- A Pebble of Mercy (1995)
- love and gold (2001)
love and gold
Release info:
2001—Spin Records—SP20014CD
Availability:
See Gwen Swick's site for availability
Ecto priority:
Highly recommended
Group members:
Gwen Swick—vocals, backing vocals
Guest artists:
Kevin Breit—electric guitar, 12-string banjo, mandocello
Steve Hogg—acoustic guitar, wawa guitar, electric bass
George Koller—electric bass, acoustic bass, buzz bass
Art Avalos—percussion
Randall Coryell—drums, piano percussion, drum kit
J. Richard Hutt—additional programming
Wendy Davis, Katalin Kiss, Cherie Camp, Anna Swick-Coryell, Divine Earth Essence, Cindy Church, Lis Soderberg—backing vocals
Steve O'Connor—accordion, organ
Ken Greer—electric guitar
Steve Adams—acoustic guitar
Jeff Bird—octave mandolin, percussion, keyboard, 8-string bass, electric mandolin
Kurt Schefter—electric guitar
Gary Breit—Wurlitzer, acoustic piano
Russ Boswell—electric bass
John Sheard—acoustic piano
Don Rooke (The Henrys)—dobro, lap steel guitar, Hawaiian kona
Victor Bateman—acoustic bass
Neil Clark—keyboard, guitar, bass, programming
Drew Waters—electric bass
Danny MIchel—electric guitar
Produced by:
J. Richard Hutt
Comments:
Gwen Swick's music is artfully done. She writes literary lyrics and paints evocative stories with them. Musically she has a lot of Jane Siberry's loose and free approach to songs. Love and Gold feels like a whole rather than a collection of moments. Not that there aren't stunning moments here. The opener "Amazed" is a lengthy, inspired piece. The slightly silly "Catsong" is a fine song too. Swick even rocks out convincingly on "Middle of a Hurricane".
A marvel of an album. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
Thanks to Anna Maria Stjärnell for her work on this entry.
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