Prime blues
Jim Allchin
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Reviews (3)
American songwriter
d. 7. Jan. 2019
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Hal Horowitz
d. 7. Jan. 2019
"Pekarek has taken the tale of a woman named Katherine McHale Slaughterback, who reportedly killed 140 rattlesnakes in 1925 while defending her three-year-old son, and written an album's worth of music around it ... Kudos to Pekarek for taking this bold step on her first solo recording, not just in breaking with The Lumineers' more organic sound but deciding on this offbeat story and unconventional method of presenting it as a theatrically imagined batch of connected songs. We'll look forward to the movie".
AllMusic
2019
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Marcy Donelson
2019
"A concept album inspired by Colorado historical figure "Rattlesnake Kate" Slaughterback, the album's lyrics transport listeners to rural life in the first half of the 20th century, with songs inspired by horses, trains, romantic pen pals, and old-fashioned gumption ... Pekarek's vocal melodies are warm, crystalline, and theatrical throughout, so though the songs are hard to imagine in the context of contemporary pop playlists, they seem perfectly suited for the stage musical she was commissioned to develop from the album".
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d. 25. Jan. 2010
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Louise Rosengreen
d. 25. Jan. 2010
"Neyla Pekareks solodebut. Den amerikanske sanger hylder det vilde vestens virkelige heltinder, og sangene er lige så uforglemmelige som de myter, albummet bygger på ... Numrenes instrumentering er overvejende en vemodig elektrisk guitar, damplokomotivprustende trommer, støvletrampsbas og et saloonpiano. Sporadisk smyger en slideguitar sig gennem svingdørene, og Pekarek spiller selv en pinefuld, lidende cello, der er med til at give Rattlesnake en alvorstung efterklang ... Matt Ward, har produceret Rattlesnake. Han bidrager også med guitarspil og doo wop-kor ... Neyla Pekarek rammer plet med sin hyldest til viljestyrken hos en af det vilde vestens virkelige skarpskytter. Sangene på Rattlesnake er lige så uforglemmelige, som den myte, de bygger på".