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Live at Black Sheep

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My local public radio station has been playing a cut from this album that was so powerful and compelling that I bought the CD just to get it. Happily enough, this is an excellent CD, with a number of strong performances by three superb artists.

But one cut is in a class by itself: track five, "Between Girl and Gone" by Karen Savoca. I have been collecting and listening to music for over fifty years. In that time I have not heard a more moving, poetic and touching song than "Between Girl and Gone." It is one of the four or five best songs I've heard in a lifetime of avid listening to music.

I'm tempted to go into detail. Savoca wrote this song, and the language is so carefully crafted that it deserves to be called "poetry" (not a word I use lightly). The guitar work by all performers is pleasing. And then there is Savoca's voice, which carries the complex emotions of this song in a way that can almost be painful to hear. I can't compare it to anything else I've heard, although the closest approximation might be some of Bonnie Raitt's most exquisitely heartbreaking songs of loss.

Savoca herself seems fairly obscure. If more people hear this song, that won't be true for long. Buy this CD and enjoy all the rest of the album. But be prepared to be stunned by "Between Girl and Gone."

This is an excellent live album by some very good musicians and singers. It is interesting to hear the songs you already know singed by another. Highly recommanded.

This is an excellent live album by some very good musicians and singers. It is interesting to hear the songs you already know singed by another. Highly recommanded.