JOHN CRAIGIE: Soft Hail

John Craigie

Soft Hail

© 2008 John Craigie (796873032834)

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Craigie's most intimate and personal album. His "Blood on the Tracks".

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Forged in the crucible of heartbreak and longing, "Soft Hail" is John
Craigie's most intimate and personal album yet. Originally conceived
of as a "lullaby" coda to his previous record "A Picnic on the 405,"
"Soft Hail" evolved in the studio into something much, much more. With
The Accidental Poets and a host of talented guest players on hand for
the recording, Craigie & Co. found a renewed focus on crafting sonic
moods and atmospheres to match the emotional heft of each song. The
result is a thematically and aurally uniform collection of songs that
chronicle the bittersweet life of a traveling folk singer with stark
and compelling honesty.

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  • Craigie Keeps Getting Better!!
    author: Jonas

    "Soft Hail" is John Craigie's fifth studio album and marks a sort-of return to the simple acoustic style of his first two albums. While his last offering "A Picnic on the 405" was a full-fledged studio-concept album, brimming with production tricks and thick layers of instrumentation, "Soft Hail" is a much quieter, contemplative record. The change suits Craigie well, especially vocally, where the rough, hushed textures of his unique singing voice are given center-stage. The production values are still very high-quality, but there's a lot more simplicity to the arrangements, giving the album a very "live" feel. As a songwriter, Craigie explores the bittersweet yearning of the life of a traveler--the songs are populated by characters who experience brief moments of connection that leave indelible marks on their lives--as the last line of the title track "Soft Hail" explains, "the form is temporary, but the impact is eternal." Lucky for us the album is here to stay!

  • folk bliss!
    author: Ryan Mlynarczyk

    John Craigie has done it again! always taking his music to the next level yet retaining the core of what makes him so special...his rawness. The songs I like best are the ones which you can put on as I lay down with my love to a warm fire.

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