Po Girl

Po' Girl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B0000AN4F9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,113 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The Be Good Tanyas broke out of Vancouver with a style that mixed mountain music with just a hint of urban funk. Po' Girl, an offshoot project with BGT singer-guitarist-banjo picker Trish Klein and another Vancouver folkie, Allison Russell, mines a similar vein of back-porch, acoustic intimacy, but moves the music from the hills and hollers of Appalachia to the moss-drenched balconies of Nawlins. Russell's singing evidences a slurred, breathy quality similar to Klein's BGT partners Frazey Ford and Samantha Parton--the Vancouver sound seems to involve a sort of mumbled, intermittently intelligible delivery that is no less evocative for being difficult to decipher. On "Bad Luck Day Baby" Russell breaks it up with bluesy belting that recalls a more energetic Norah Jones. "Bleak St." shows that, like the Tanyas, Po' Girl can groove without getting loud, and they write songs that rest comfortably alongside classic tunes like Lester Brown's "Abilene." They may even be great songs: it would be easier to tell if you could understand more of the words. Still, BGT fans won't be disappointed, nor will anyone interested in what folk might sound like in the future. --Michael Ross

Product Description

While growing from the same roots as the Be Good Tanyas and retaining similarities, Po' Girl has its own distinctive identity as a group, which comes through on the CD. Their self-titled debut features 12 originals. Hightone. 2003.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Po' Girl--Truly Alternative Music, August 2, 2005

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Dana Rothschild (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Po Girl (Audio CD)

In the wasteland that is crappy mainstream music, Po' Girl is a wonderful oasis. I came to Po' Girl for Trish Klein (of The Be Good Tanyas) and I stayed for Allison Russell. If you want heartless lyrics and over-produced pop music, then don't buy this album. However, if you seek a creative mixture of folk, jazz, bluegrass, and blues, then this first album by Po' Girl is for you.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple Wonder, July 31, 2004

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Woodtick Rick (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Po Girl (Audio CD)

An uncomplicated work of art. To say this CD is lovely would understate the way it will ooze in and make you feel fine. Absence of too much lead guitar is a pleasure. Voice and accoustic instruments meld togther in a way that relaxes and mesmerizes that moment. A slow, elegant flavor of the deep South runs through the tracks.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Melodic Urban/Country/Folk, March 23, 2004

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Rachael Rice (Montpelier, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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Sorta Nora Jones in a country-folk-blues kinda way--breathy, sexy, whiskey-and-lemonade-on-the-porch music. Get it, it's lovely. If you like the Be Good Tanyas, this is somewhat of a departure but well worth it.