{"id":6243,"date":"2013-01-29T16:10:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T16:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=6243"},"modified":"2013-01-29T16:10:58","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T16:10:58","slug":"lee-harvey-osmond-the-folk-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2013\/01\/29\/lee-harvey-osmond-the-folk-sinner\/","title":{"rendered":"LeE HARVeY OsMOND – The Folk Sinner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lee Harvey Osmond is \u00a0a diverse all-star collective including Hawksley Workman<\/a>, Oh Susanna<\/a>, members of Skydiggers<\/a>, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings<\/a> and Cowboy Junkies<\/a>. It is led and co-produced by Tom Wilson, with Michael Timmons of the Junkies helming the board as producer, engineer and mixer. Aptly titled, it is a folk album, story songs in the folk tradition with an infectious roll to it. These are the type of songs that Wilson has recorded before, but never an entire album. Lee Harvey Osmond call their sound \u201cacid folk,\u201d which is about as good a pithy description as any. Perhaps, a more layered, lush Youngbloods paired with the intensity of Greg MacPherson or Eugene Ripper. There is a tenderness and peacefulness to the album, the softer voice of a man who has exorcised his demons. The duet \u201cBig Chief\u201d<\/a> has a wonderful romantic feel to it while \u201cHoney Running\u201d gets your toes tapping, head nodding and shoulders going. The controlled feedback in \u201cLeave The House\u201d brings to mind Jesus & Mary Chain\u2019s covers of \u201cMy Girl\u201d<\/a> and \u201cTower of Song.\u201d With any album there are songs that draw us more than others, and that\u2019s true here, but there\u2019s not a dud in the bunch. One of the standouts is \u201cFreedom,\u201d co-written with Colin James for his Bad Habits<\/em> disc; silky smooth and rich like milk chocolate and maple whisky. The album begins with \u201cOh Linda,\u201d a Gordon Lightfoot<\/a> composition with stripped down instrumentation and concludes with the somber \u201cDeep Water,\u201d a song not unlike Daniel Lanois\u2019 \u201cStill Water\u201d in tone and tempo. To oversimplify, think Junkhouse with the angst reined in. (Latent Recordings, leeharveyosmond.com<\/a>) Broose Tulloch<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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