SONG OF THE DAY

“Rain” by Patty Grif­fin (1000 Kisses, ATO Records, 2002). Com­posed by Patty Griffin.

MY TAKE

I first heard this artist on Putumayo’s Amer­i­can Folk album, per­form­ing her beau­ti­ful com­po­si­tion “Row­ing Song”. This Putu­mayo col­lec­tion has def­i­nitely been one of my favorite albums since 2007, when I started get­ting into Putu­mayo, because it essen­tial served as my 101 intro­duc­tory course into the con­tem­po­rary folk music scene, which, after hav­ing been a tra­di­tional and ’60s folk fan my whole life, felt like a nat­ural pro­gres­sion in my late twenties.

So, Putu­mayo leads me to Patty Grif­fin, which leads me to go to the library and see if I can’t find more by her to lis­ten to. I am then intro­duced to her 2002 album 1000 Kisses (at the Troy Pub­lic Library), and the first track, “Rain”, hits me like a ton of bricks, though, to be frank, most of Patty Griffin’s songs are heart-wrenchers and thus slay me. The music video (see below) really enhances the song beyond the pro­found­ness of just lis­ten­ing, so I encour­age you to actu­ally watch it, and not just let it play and lis­ten. I don’t think I’ve ever said that before, so that’s really say­ing something!

INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)

See yesterday’s blog entry, also about Patty Griffin!

VIDEO OF THE DAY