Add Date: November 9
Artist: Sarah Kirkland Snider with Shara Worden & Signal
Album: Penelope
Label: New Amsterdam
Genre: Folk, classical
Comments: From the onesheet: "Penelope is a song cycle by composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, with lyrics by playwright Ellen McLaughlin, featuring vocalist Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond and the chamber orchestra Signal, conducted by Brad Lubman. Inspired by Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey, Penelope is a meditation on memory, identity, and what it means to come home.
"Suspended somewhere between, art song, indie rock, and chamber folk, the music of Penelope moves organically from moments of elegiac strings-and-harp reflection to dusky post-rock textures with drums, guitars and electronics, all directed by a strong sense of melody and a craftsman's approach to songwriting."
This is absolutely terrific--Worden has classical training, and her voice is perfectly suited for this genre. (After all, My Brightest Diamond's music incorporates many elements of classical and neoclassical music.) As a song cycle, Penelope is best when listened to from start to finish, but highlights include "This Is What You're Like," "The Lotus Eaters" and the opening ("The Stranger With the Face of a Man I Loved") and closing ("As He Looks Out to Sea") numbers.
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