Beautiful Twisted, by Sharron Kraus

Beautiful Twisted

by Sharron Kraus

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1.	The Peacock's Wing 05:06	buy track
2.	The River's Daughter 03:32	buy track
3.	Moonbathing 04:01	buy track
4.	The Family Tradition 04:30	buy track
5.	Twins 04:37	buy track
6.	Cold-Hearted Devil 04:49	buy track
7.	Death Jig 01:15	buy track
8.	The Wrong Man 04:53	buy track
9.	Godstow 02:56	buy track
10.	Beautiful Twisted 06:16	buy track
11.	Song of the Unfree 04:11	buy track

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Kraus' debut album would not have sounded at all out of place if it had been issued, say, in 1970 or 1971, at the time when such moody contemporary British folk was cresting. That's not at all to say that it's revivalist, or uncomfortably imitative; indeed, to listeners who love that vintage genre, it's more likely a high recommendation. In its ambience, the album strongly recalls the work of Shirley Collins, Sandy Denny, and more obscure songstresses like Vashti Bunyan. She's a decent songwriter, and very much fits in the British folk lineage with her sad yet dignified melodies and lyrics with plenty of images evoking nature, epic love, and mythological aspects. There are (for this style) out-of-the-ordinary up-front depictions of incest (in "Twins") and references to modern life (in the shiny car and taxi driver of the title track), though these aren't too typical of the compositions. There isn't enough rock to the backing to call this a folk-rock record, but it's definitely far more contemporary than standard British folk, both in attitude and also in the pleasant variation of instrumental accompaniment, as in the ominously echoing keyboard of "Beautiful Twisted" and the bass clarinet squeals of "Song of the Unfree."
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released March 31, 2002

Originally released on CD on Camera Obscura Records.
All songs written by Sharron Kraus.

Recorded by Ron Guensche at New Future Vintage Studios.

Sharron Kraus: vocals, guitar, banjo, whistle, keyboards
Ron Guensche: upright bass, electric bass, lap steel guitar, mandolin
Amy Clay: fiddle on 1, 7, 10
Tracy Farbstein: fiddle on 2, 4, 5
Dean Welch: guitar, backing vocals
Marty Dowers: bass clarinet
Paul Conte: drums

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Sharron Kraus Oxford, UK

Musical collaborator / songwriter / improviser.
'Pagan radiophonica meets medieval balladry’
'sensual spellcraft’
'Floating freaky fun of the highest order'
'oddly comforting avant-garde masterpiece'
Labels: Sunstone, Ghost Box, Clay Pipe, Feeding Tube, Cardinal Fuzz, Second Language ... more

discography

Birdloom

Mar 2023
K I N

Oct 2022
Swift Wings

May 2022
Welcome to Punkie Night

Oct 2021
Intermission

May 2020
Friends and Enemies; Lovers and Strangers - second pressing

Aug 2019
Chanctonbury Rings

Jun 2019
Something Out of Nothing 7"

Sep 2018
Joy's Reflection is Sorrow

Jun 2018
Time Takes Away

Jul 2016
If You Put Out Your Hand

Apr 2016
Hen Llan Recordings

Feb 2016
Friends and Enemies; Lovers and Strangers

May 2015
Silver Servants

Jul 2014
Winter Songs / Caneuon y Gaeaf

Nov 2013
Music and Migration III

Sep 2013
Night Mare

Aug 2013
Pilgrim Chants & Pastoral Trails

Aug 2013
Yesterday Perhaps: Songs of the Kitchen Cynics

Jan 2013
Folk Songs II

Aug 2012
New Music for Old Instruments

Jan 2012
In the Rheidol Valley

Mar 2011
The Devil in Love: A Soundtrack to the 1772 Occult Novel

Jan 2011
The Woody Nightshade

Nov 2010
Rusalnaia Tour CD

Sep 2008
The Fox's Wedding

Mar 2008
Rusalnaia

Jan 2008
Travellers Two

Jan 2008
John Barleycorn Reborn

Aug 2007
Right Wantonly A-Mumming

Jun 2007
Singing At the Moon

Nov 2006
Leaves From Off the Tree

Oct 2006
Imaginational Anthems Volume 2

Jun 2006
The Black Dove

Mar 2006
The Honeymoon Music Compilation

May 2005
Songs for the Twins

Jan 2005
A Houseguest's Wish: Translations of Wire's Outdoor Miner

Nov 2004
Songs of Love and Loss

Mar 2004
Yuletide

Jan 2003
Beautiful Twisted

Mar 2002

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