Departure & Farewell with HEM

Sung by Sally Ellyson
Compositions by Dan Messe (and Steve Curtis)


Since all their thirteen songs are beautiful, I now skip putting them into each cathegory. We just say everyone is BEAUTIFUL.



Instead I imagine which other folk singers would suit to make covers of Hem's songs (= in many cases make them a bit more expressive)
or which songs seems to be inspired most by which folk/country/jazz singers:


1. DEPARTURE AND FAREWELL
like Joni Mitchell

2. WALKING PAST THE GRAVEYARD, NOT BREATHING
like Madeleine Peyroux

3. THINGS ARE NOT PERFECT IN OUR YARD
like Judee Sill

4. THE SEED
like Carly Simon

5. THE JACK PINE
like Aimee Mann

6. TORNIQUET
like Nick Drake

7. SEVEN ANGELS
like Gordon Lightfoot

8. GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM
like Simon & Garfunkel

9. BIRD SONG
like Joan Baez

10. TRAVELER'S SONG
like Randy Newman

11. THE TIDES AT THE NARROWS
like Emmylou Harris

12. LAST CALL
like Sophie Zelmani

13. SO LONG
like Nina Simone





Overall Album

5 sound

7 melodies

7 accompaniment

3 rythms

7 singin' feeling

4 playin' dynamics

6 concept

2 variation

3 lyrics

2 titles

3 order of tracks

6 cover picture

4 historical importance

= 59


I now give 1 to 7 in thirteen cathegories
where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 13 = 91 never exist(?)






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