Sycamore Tryst

Patti Witten | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 14, 2003)
• Original Release Date: January 14, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: I-Town
• ASIN: B00007E9DR
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #309,232 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

SYCAMORE TRYST is the 2nd full-length CD from award winning singer-songwriter Patti Witten, her first on I-Town Records.

Grammy®-winner Rosanne Cash contributes to the liner notes: "All too often in folk-based music, there is a preciousness or affected vulnerability that sours the song, no matter how poetic. Patti is completely free of such affectations, both as a singer and as a writer. She is not derivative. She inhabits herself and her music, alive and present, whole and beautiful."

Heaven Magazine (Holland) echoes Cash’s sentiments. "We are dealing with a major talent here. If you can imagine a cross between Joni Mitchell, in the days of "Blue," and Lucinda Williams, you will get a good idea of Witten’s music."

Four tracks have won songwriting awards (Billboard, Mid-Atlantic, SIBL Project, and Woody Guthrie song contests). Produced by Rich DePaolo, with performances by DePaolo (electric guitar, background vocal, bass, baritone guitar, keyboards, more), Doug Robinson (bass) and Bill King (drums). Guest artists include Robby Aceto (Tom Tom Club), Eric Aceto (Tai Tai Chickapea), Uniit (Sim Redmond Band).

With SYCAMORE TRYST Witten demonstrates that she is more than a consummate folk artist. In 'Good Thing It’s only In My Mind,' 'What I Don’t Tell You' and 'I Guess That She Left You' there is a blunt, arch humor reminiscent of Aimee Mann, while the sophisticated twang of 'Black Butterfly,' 'Nine Days In Texas' and 'I Think About You,' and ballads like 'Admit It' and 'Goin' Back To Moline' recall the intimacy and power of Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams. Witten fearlessly broaches the political hot-topics of terrorism and capital punishment with 'Sunny Day In Terre Haute,' and makes personal loss universal with 'Carry Me There,' 'Another Minute More' and 'You Can’t.'

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing in every possible way, September 13, 2007

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Spooh-Bah (Brazos County,TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sycamore Tryst (Audio CD)

OK, so why doesn't a singer, songwriter, performer like this get more recognition and public acclaim? Beats me! Maybe I should find comfort in the fact that music this great is not embraced by the masses. Patti's lyrics are intriguing and filled with straight up almost confession like truth and revealing emotion. The music is soulful and passionately compliments the expressions. Ms. Witten's voice is a delightful mix of the qualities of Joni Mitchel, Judy Collins, and Sandy Denny but distinctively her own. This CD is like a long intimate conversation with a trusted friend or not quite yet trusted romantic conquest. Her 2006 release "Tell the Wind" is just as good. Tryst? I'd be hard pressed not to carve my initials in the Sycamore.