At the Cut reunites Vic Chesnutt with several of the collaborators who helped make his extraordinary 2007 album, North Star Deserter, and while you can't force lightning to strike twice in the same place, Chesnutt and this group of gifted musicians have managed to create something similarly powerful and affecting that also has a personality of its own. With Howard Bilerman behind the recording console, Guy Picciotto helping with the production and arrangements, and members of Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra accompanying Chesnutt, this follows a similar template to North Star Deserter, but At the Cut manages to sound more approachable and direct while still conjuring up striking and atmospheric clouds of sound that reinforce Chesnutt's melodies while broadening their horizons into something grand, beautiful, and challenging. Chesnutt doesn't need to bend his songs to the needs of his accompanists, and while a look at the lyric sheet reveals the same sort of skewed Southern gothic archetypes that have always dominated his compositions, these musicians bring out a side in the music that doesn't always rise to the surface in other hands, and the slow, contemplative shuffle of "We Hovered with Short Wings," the muscular dread of "Chinaberry Tree," and the sweet, twangy drift of "Concord County Jubilee" give his images just the backdrops they need. And lest anyone think the musicians are taking Chesnutt's music in a direction he wouldn't consider going himself, the closing number, "Granny," is as powerful and dramatic as anything that came before it, and it creates a large and vivid world with just Chesnutt's voice an acoustic guitar. At the Cut isn't as great a surprise as North Star Deserter, but if you thought the brilliance of that album was a happy accident, this confirms these musicians complement each other very well and hopefully will continue to do so for a long time to come.
Vic Chesnutt is a pretty remarkable musician. His distinctive voice and folk guitar styling is par none, and he is often accompanied by the most notable of artists no matter what the genre. Chesnutt recently released just such an album called At The Cut which featured Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. While that record may have garnered him a bit of press, he...
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I remember the first time I read about Vic Chesnutt. It was a couple of years ago, around the time it was announced that he would be releasing an album on Montreal’s Constellation label, called North Star Deserter. This is how I heard about him, but therehave been numerous junctures in the man’s twenty year plus career wherecollaborations with (or just the attentions of) notable artists haveli
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The esteemed singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt, a favorite of many, many artists, from R.E.M. to Madonna, Bill Frisell and Elf Power, will have his latest album, At the Cut, out Sept. 22 on Constellation records. This is the second album in which members of Fugazi and Godspeed You! Black Emperor have backed him. He'll begin a tour, backed by the same artists who play on the album, Oct. 23. Check ...
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Vic Chesnutt is a pretty remarkable musician. His distinctive voice and folk guitar styling is par none, and he is often accompanied by the most notable of artists no matter what the genre. Chesnutt recently released just such an album called At The Cut which featured Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. While that record may have garnered him a bit of press, he...
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Vic Chesnutt has announced a North American Tour starting October 23rd in Ottawa and ending in December 4th in Denton, TX. With a band consisting of members of Fugazi and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Vic Chesnutt will be touring in support of his new record At The Cut out Sept ...
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Vic Chesnutt ~ “Philip Guston”(mp3)mp3 downloadEff yeah! Vic Chesnutt is back with a new album, At the Cut, due out Sept. 22nd. The album and touring band also features Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto as well as members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Silver Mt. Zion. VC will be playing The Regent in Los Angeles on [...]
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I remember the first time I read about Vic Chesnutt. It was a couple of years ago, around the time it was announced that he would be releasing an album on Montreal’s Constellation label, called North Star Deserter. This is how I heard about him, but therehave been numerous junctures in the man’s twenty year plus career wherecollaborations with (or just the attentions of) notable artists haveli
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A few weeks back we told you about Vic Chesnutt's new album At the Cut out September 22nd on Constellation Records. We also gave you a preview of the album by offering you the chance to download the track "Chain". Because you asked for it, we can give you ONE ...
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| 1 Coward |
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| 2 When the Bottom Fell Out |
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| 3 Chinaberry Tree |
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| 4 Chain |
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| 5 We Hovered with Short Wings |
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| 6 Philip Guston |
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| 7 Concord Country Jubilee |
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| 8 Flirted with You All My Life |
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| 9 It Is What It Is |
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| 10 Granny |
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