Thrum Joe Henry

• 1 Climb 03:42
• 2 Believer 04:34
• 3 Dark Is Light Enough 05:46
• 4 Blood of the Forgotten Song 06:22
• 5 World of This Room 05:23
• 6 The Glorious Dead 04:42
• 7 Hungry 05:37
• 8 Quicksilver 04:11
• 9 River Floor 04:34
• 10 Now and Never 06:11
• 11 Keep Us in Song 04:26
• Total Runtime 55:28

Info for Thrum

Dass Joe Henry ein außergewöhnlicher Produzent ist, bewies er in der Vergangenheit unter anderem mit Arbeiten für Madonna, Tom Jones, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg und viele mehr. Drei Grammys geben seinem Erfolg recht.

Dass er ein nicht weniger talentierter Songwriter und Musiker ist, beweisen seine beeindruckende Diskografie und sein brandneues, mittlerweile 14. Soloalbum „Thrum“.

Elf neue Tracks hat Henry dafür geschrieben und aufgenommen, und zwar live innerhalb von nur vier Tagen. Dafür verschlug es ihn in die legendären United Studios in Hollywood. Unterstützt wurde er dort von ein paar alten Bekannten: Jay Bellerose am Schlagzeug, Levon Henry am Saxofon, David Piltch am Bass, John Smith als Gitarrist und Backgroundsänger, Patrick Warren am Klavier sowie Asa Brosius an der Pedal-Steel-Gitarre. Ein Streicherquartett war ebenfalls zugegen. Das Mixing von "Thrum" übernahm Ryan Freeland.

Einen ersten Vorgeschmack auf sein neues Album gab Joe Henry bereits mit den Auskopplungen "Believer" und "River Floor". Und die zeigen:

„Thrum“ ist ein tiefsinniges, warmes und volles Album. Ein weiteres Highlight in seinem Katalog.

„Einen besseren Singer / Songwriter wird man nur schwerlich finden.“ (Classic Rock)

„Thrum ist ein wundervoller Indian Summer, der sich in der Ebene ausbreitet und die Ewigkeit umarmt.“ (stereoplay)

Joe Henry, vocals, acoustic guitar
Jay Bellerose, drums, percussion
Levon Henry, alto and tenor saxophone; B- flat, alto, and bass clarinet, whistling
David Piltch, upright and electric bass
John Smith, acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
Patrick Warren, piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Chamberlin
The Section Quartet:
Eric Gorfain, first violin
Daphne Chin, second violin
Leah Katz, viola
Richard Dodd, cello
Special guests:
Asa Brosius, pedal steel
Joey Ryan, backing vocals

Produced by Joe Henry

Joe Henry
In a career spanning more than 25 years, Joe Henry has left an indelible and unique imprint on American popular music. As a songwriter and artist, Henry is celebrated for his exploration of the human experience. A hyper-literate storyteller, by turns dark, devastating, and hopeful, he draws an author’s eye for the overlooked detail across a broad swath of American musical styles — rock, jazz and blues — rendering genre modifiers useless.

Henry has collaborated with many notable American artists on his own body of work, from T Bone Burnett, Daniel Lanois, and Van Dyke Parks on one side of the spectrum, to Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Brad Mehldau, and Bill Frisell on the other. A three-time-Grammy-winning producer, Henry has made records for Bonnie Raitt, Hugh Laurie, Lisa Hannigan, Elvis Costello, and Solomon Burke among many others.

Additionally, Henry has taken his musical talents to film and television. He has scored music for the films Jesus’ Son, Knocked Up, and Motherhood, as well as produced tracks for the film I’m Not There. His song “Stars” was featured in the closing credits in the fourth season of HBO’s Six Feet Under.

In 2013, Algonquin Press published, “Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World that Made Him,” a book co-written by Joe and his brother Dave Henry.

In 2016, Henry teamed up with Billy Bragg on the collaborative album Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad. The pair were subsequently nominated as “Duo/Group of the Year” by the Americana Music Association.

As a solo artist and a producer alike, Henry’s records are marked with a consistent sonic depth, attention to narrative, and emphasis on the beauty of spontaneity.

This album contains no booklet.