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Frances Smith - Again the Night

from Songladder January 2019 by Various Artists

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Whenever I listen to Frances Smith, I think of Emily Dickenson. Both are writers of painstaking precision, completely engaged in their own unique visions, ignoring the trends and the templates of their contemporaries, polishing their own apples, not stealing those of their neighbors. The worlds of Smith and Dickenson are not easy to penetrate, but a tenacious explorer will find the journey both edifying and exhilarating.

Frances Smith is a modern poet with a solid background in symbolist tradition. Her music comes from the heritage of Celtic folk rock groups such as Clannad and Fairport Convention. But she rides a narrow path, ignoring the adornments of commercial products, letting the poetry determine the flow of the music. Her melodies are minimalist, and could easily be developed into more delightful airs, but to do so would compromise and endanger the strength of the poetry. So she fights against those who encourage her to conform her vision to traditional modes of popular acceptance.

To change a note of a Frances Smith song would be to commit the crime of Emily Dickenson´s publisher when he altered her punctuation. So much of the poetry of these two women is so delicate, so subtle, yet so exacting, that to alter one word or note is a desecration. So when you enter her world, take off your boots.

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from Songladder January 2019, released December 28, 2018
frances smith ....vocals and arrangement

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