Turning Pages

Track Listings
1. Western Skies    
2. Stardust    
3. Diary    
4. 22    
5. Winter    
6. Bad News    
7. Company Town    
8. Jesus and the Nighttime Train    
9. The Road to Appomattox    
10. Letter to Colonel Mosby    
11. When I Grow Up    
12. Nothin’ but a Man    
13. Turning Pages    
14. Riley’s Life    

Editorial Reviews
Martinsburg Journal, July 14, 2001
Gorgeously stark string work, feelgood melodies and a healthy dose of the past make Andrew McKnight's music a disarming delight

Victory Review, October 2001
...a refreshing delivery and writing style. Talent, enthusiasm and real content make this a welcome album

Album Description
Where contemporary singer/songwriter Andrew McKnight's first two albums focused largely on the stories of rural characters and their relationship to the land, his third effort turns his considerable vision towards the landscape of the heart and soul. Among this collection of stories, reflections and letters can be found some of his most stunning songwriting gems; the "Diary" of Thomas Jefferson and his longtime slave mistress Sally Hemings (a duet with Mary Byrd Brown), the bluesy ode to Hoagy Carmichael ("Bad News"), the timeless folk sound of the haunting "Road to Appomattox", the simple driving clarity and acoustic pop groove of "Winter", and a provocative hard-edged collaboration with renowned urban folk poet Chris Chandler on "Jesus and the Nighttime Train".

Turning Pages

Turning Pages, Music, Andrew McKnight, Blends wry and romantic stories with keen tuneful observations in a delicious mix of folk, blues and bluegrass.
Film Noir
Average customer rating: 0 out of 5 stars
  • Perhaps not *quite* what you want...
  • Nice imaginative collection
 Film Noir

Manufacturer: Milan Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00081U78G
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

  1. Turning Pages - Matthew Herbert Big Band
  2. Godfather - Terence Blanchard
  3. Silencio - Angelo Badalamenti
  4. They Go Long - Edward Artemiev
  5. Don't Be Worried - Cyril Morin
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  14. Blues For Guylaine - Andre Hossein
  15. Buckets Of Blood - Pino Donaggio
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  18. Ballade - Joe Hisaishi
  19. Taxi Driver Suite - Bernard Herrmann

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Perhaps not *quite* what you want..........2007-04-27

If you're like me and you have a hankering for "film noir music," you're probably thinking of a lonely sax playing an urban, 3 AM melodic line, backed by some bluesy chords from a small jazz ensemble. Like John Barry's excellent theme from "Body Heat," for example, or something like Jerry Goldsmith's theme for "Chinatown."

Never mind the fact that the great majority of films noir from the classic period (1941-1955) didn't have jazzy background music like that at all, but was usually scored with quasi-classical romantic string music (with a solo violin) or bombastic, brass-heavy instrumentals.

Anyway, this CD isn't the 3 AM sax stuff.

Not to say that there isn't some of that on here. You might like "Godfather" (not, however, the theme you're thinking of from the Francis Ford Coppola Godfather films), or "Blues for Guylaine," or even the bluesy passages from Bernard Herrmann's "Taxi Driver" suite.

But there's some odd stuff on here that causes me to wonder how, precisely, it qualifies as "film noir."

For instance, the dreamy carnival music from "The Elephant Man," or the angular string music in "Buckets of Blood" (from "Carrie," not the Roger Corman film). Seems like a reach. The first cut, "Turning Pages" had me unpleasantly surprised, and triggered my I've been ripped-off alarm. And "Chop Shop" has a wah guitar that sounds a lot more like a 70's blaxsploitation film than film noir.

The inclusion of Angelo Badalamenti helps redeem the collection; his music for "Twin Peaks," "Fire, Walk With Me" and "Mulholland Drive" redefines what a noir theme should sound like.

This CD is odd, no doubt about it. "Godfather," which sounds decidedly noirish, is from a comedy/drama film about a man who's paid to impregnate lesbians. "The Wrong Man" music is relentlessly perky but comes from a bona fide noir. (Okay, a Hitchcock noir, not quite the same thing.)

The key here, I guess, is to enlarge the scope of what you think noir film music ought to be... But perhaps a better title for this collection of music might have been "Neo-Noir!"

Still, credit must be given to liner notes writer Eddie Muller and his Film Noir Foundation for at least directing the current noir wave. His book "Dark City" turned me - and probably many others - to noir. Long may his tribe increase!

Summary: If you're looking for classic/sterotypical, 3 AM wet-pavements-in-the-Dark-City noirish stuff, try John Barry's "Body Heat," which I enthusiastically recommend. Barry practically *owns* that silky/sexy slow sax genre.

4 out of 5 stars Nice imaginative collection.......2006-08-04

A collection of musical cues from various film noir scores, but imaginatively assembled to constitute a new score for a nonexistent movie. Cleverly done, choosing from excellent sources, and not going for the easy or the obvious. It's exciting to hear someone making a connection between Bernard Herrmann and Angelo Badalamenti.
Turning Pages
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    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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    Release Date: 2001-05-01

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    6. Bad News
    7. Company Town
    8. Jesus and the Nighttime Train
    9. The Road to Appomattox
    10. Letter to Colonel Mosby
    11. When I Grow Up
    12. Nothin but a Man
    13. Turning Pages
    14. Rileys Life

    Album Description

    Where contemporary singer/songwriter Andrew McKnight's first two albums focused largely on the stories of rural characters and their relationship to the land, his third effort turns his considerable vision towards the landscape of the heart and soul. Among this collection of stories, reflections and letters can be found some of his most stunning songwriting gems; the "Diary" of Thomas Jefferson and his longtime slave mistress Sally Hemings (a duet with Mary Byrd Brown), the bluesy ode to Hoagy Carmichael ("Bad News"), the timeless folk sound of the haunting "Road to Appomattox", the simple driving clarity and acoustic pop groove of "Winter", and a provocative hard-edged collaboration with renowned urban folk poet Chris Chandler on "Jesus and the Nighttime Train".
    Pages Turning
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Beautiful!
    • The best John Wright Band CD sofar !!!!
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    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Beautiful!.......2000-11-14

    This is a CD that grows on you, but never gets old. All the songs are beautiful, and intelligent. Unlike "Other Roads" most of the songs are slow with exception of tracks one and six. My favorite track is 12, "Hold on to That Heart." Even my mother, to my great surprise, loves this CD and I have a hard time keeping my hands on it! The Band is great, and adds a lovely Celtic touch to all the songs, the violin of Stewart Hardy being especially gorgeous.

    5 out of 5 stars The best John Wright Band CD sofar !!!!.......2000-10-06

    This album is getting even better every time I listen to it. I watched the John Band play in the Netherlands and their CD is as good as their live performance. John Wright is singing with his golden voice. Especially the 3rd track on the album, Hemitage Water To Kinzigtal played by Kenny and Stewart, takes my breath away. This is an album I enjoy listening to every day!
    Turning Back the Pages
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      Homeland Quartet
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      Release Date: 1997-06-04

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