Dan Zanes - Turn Turn Turn '2013

Tracks list

       Turn Turn Turn represents the first musical collaboration between
longtime friends Dan Zanes and Elizabeth Mitchell, two prolific artists who have
been walking very similar paths yet have somehow, until now, managed to avoid
traversing those roads in tandem. Both Zanes and Mitchell ended up as pillars of
family folk music after spending their formative years in rock bands, Zanes with
'80s roots rockers Del Fuegos and Mitchell with minimalist, '90s indie pop
outfit Ida, so it should come as no surprise that their first project together
is an eclectic affair. Recorded with the help of Mitchell's family band, You Are
My Flower, the album comprises ten familiar folk pieces (including a warm and
wordy rendition of the Pete Seeger-penned title cut that utilizes recently
unearthed lyrics), five Zanes originals like the bluesy "Coney Island Avenue"
and "Hot Weather Music," and the folksy, fun, tropical, and topical "Shine." The
collection is undeniably kid-friendly, yet ultimately devoid of the kind of
lazy, repetitive earworms delivered in silly voices that tend to populate some
of the less refined offerings in the genre. Zanes and Mitchell's pleasant
utilitarian voices never preach, nor do they dazzle with pop idol acrobatics;
rather they convey a kind of front-porch, Sunday-afternoon intimacy that
suggests a long history of hauling guitars, banjos, ukes, and boxes of egg
shakers and tambourines down unmarked trails and steep stone steps to assorted
birthday picnics, family camping spots, and backyard barbecues, in the hopes
that a bonfire may be lit, marshmallows will be toasted to imperfection, and the
night will end in a goofy, impromptu singalong.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Sail Away Ladies (3:20)
1.02 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Honeybee (1:50)
1.03 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Coney Island Avenue (2:23)
1.04 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - So Glad I'm Here (3:03)
1.05 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Turn! Turn! Turn! (4:09)
1.06 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Now Let's Dance (3:00)
1.07 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - When You're Smiling (3:14)
1.08 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Raccoon and Possum (2:07)
1.09 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Hot Weather Music (3:17)
1.10 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Wim Wam Waddle (2:18)
1.11 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - In The Sun (3:27)
1.12 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - My Creole Belle (2:30)
1.13 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Shine (4:35)
1.14 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - Train Is A-Coming (1:52)
1.15 - Dan Zanes & Elizabeth Mitchell - When I Get Home (2:44) 

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