Thank You Mark

Danielle Howle & the Tantrums | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 25, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Valley
• ASIN: B000EWIM8Q
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,474 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Lorraine Ali, NEWSWEEK

"Howle sounds a soothing as Karen Carpenter, as graceful as k.d. lang and as Saturday-night worn as Patsy Cline."

Product Description

Oft-compared to Nina Simone and Flannery O’Connor, Danielle Howle is a powerful frontwoman whose vivid, slightly off-kilter musical stories weave a sweet sensibility and bare honesty into her work. Her solo performances are breathtaking; she’s one of the few artists that can hold an audience spellbound whether she’s backed by a band or alone performing an a cappella number. Howle is just as renowned for her ingenuous between-song banter. Her intuitive, often hilarious insights and her ability to connect with her listeners has brought both critical acclaim and a legion of loyal fans. Thank You, Mark, produced by Mark Bryan (Susan Cowsill, Mary Karlzen), manages to capture Howle’s essence and vivid personality. Accompanied by top-notch musicians Sam Bush, Bryon House, Tim Vaill, John Young (Spottiswoode and His Enemies), Les Hall (Howie Day), and including a Stax-Volt-inspired duet with fellow South Carolinian Darius Rucker, Howle’s songwriting shows an artist at the peak of her craft, skillfully blending Americana with R&B, classic jazz and a dash of swing, all stamped with her uniquely Southern sensibility.

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Genre-hopping collection of Americana, April 25, 2006

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This review is from: Thank You Mark (Audio CD)

Having arrived in the early 90s with the Southern alternative/punk band Lay Quiet Awhile, and then dropping sides for Subpop and Kill Rock Stars, Howle's covered a lot of ground. Her first new album in four years dwells more on country, jazz, and soul flavors, and offers surprising variety within its 36 minutes. Howle's latest songs include acoustic-electric Americana, country-jazz, cabaret swing, folk, '50s styled R&B, and more. She's impressive throughout, but it's her confidence and the quality of individual tracks that hold the disc together, rather than an overarching sense of the album as a singular project. Think of Michelle Shocked's genre-hopping catalog of folk-rock, country-blues, and swing compressed into a single CD. 3-3/4 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]