This World Is Not My Home

Amy LeVere，来自德州的大龄文艺女青年/低音贝斯手/乡谣歌手/演员。作为“在路上一代”父母的女儿，Amy LeVere经历过一段叛逆冒险的少女时期，并逐渐成为了一名朋克乐手。直到身为人妻后，Amy的生活与音乐理念逐渐回归到女性的温柔一面，她也开始学习弹奏低音大贝斯。 虽然经历了美满婚姻的破裂，但在音乐上，并没有影响到Amy“回归纳什维尔(乡谣城)”的音乐观。“这个世界不是我的家”是Amy LeVere在06年出版的首张个人唱片，比较惬意的老乡谣曲子和一些爵士风味。Amy的声音轻飘，表演随意，虽然比不了Hope Sandoval的那番淡定迷蒙，不过Amy的乡谣嗓子自有一番风情俏丽。另外不得不提唱片的封面，由摄影师Monty Johnson拍摄的黑白图片---真是封面党的好日子！ Is Not My Home gets a lazy, relaxed start with "Day Like Any," a rhythmically compelling song highlighted by Jimbo Mathus' guitar work and Amy LaVere's country-flavored girlish vocals. "Nightingale" veers much closer to folk, while "Leaving" is straight old-school country. Perhaps the element that stands out most and ties these various styles together under some kind of alternative country banner is LaVere's light, slightly breathy vocal tone. She coos and croons, stretching syllables and adding emotional flourishes, and shows herself to be quite comfortable with the material at hand. And LaVere has surrounded herself with a crack band that includes Mathus, pianist Jim Dickinson, drummer Paul Buchignani, and several other fine players. The songs, mostly written by LaVere and Mathus, are also solid, though the best stuff is on the first half of the album. While This World Is Not My Home will probably be filed under alternative country, the album never sounds like anything that might typically be given that label (she's a female, first of all, and doesn't mumble her lyrics against a clash of twangy guitars). Instead, LaVere's style seems closer in spirit to the simpler values of older country and folk. As an added bonus, the CD design, featuring several black-and-white photographs by Monty Johnson, is absolutely lovely. This World Is Not My Home will serve as a fine introduction to a distinctive singer.