Vance Gilbert

Unfamiliar Moon

2005-03-27

Vance's seventh recording delivers more of his high-timbre folk songs, occasionally touched either a country-twang or a jazz-inflected foundation. Sometimes his vocal delivery has been described as part Roy Orbison, part Nat King Cole -- and that's pretty accurate. Check out his Roy-like rendition of "Ten Thousand Skies" or his Nat-like vocal on "Unforgivable." Other interesting cuts are the atypical reaction to a military death notice in "That Front Porch Song" and the off-beat holding-the-world-hostage song "I've Got a Plane" (complete with scat-singing finale).

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Folk

  • reviewed 05/2008

    Various Artists
    Fox On A Hill Records

  • reviewed 05/2011

    DAVID OLNEY
    Film Noir

  • reviewed 05/2010

    KELLER (WILLIAMS) & THE KEELS
    Thief

  • reviewed 01/2012

    KELLY PARDEKOOPER
    Yonder

  • reviewed 11/2006

    SADIES
    Tales of the Rat Fink (OST)

  • reviewed 04/2013

    DEADSTRING BROTHERS
    CANNERY ROW

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.