Twilight Motel

Twilight Motel
Studio album by
Alison Brown
Released1992
GenresProgressive bluegrass, jazz
Length42:49
LabelVanguard
ProducerMike Marshall
Alison Brown chronology
Simple Pleasures
(1990)		 Twilight Motel
(1992)		 Look Left
(1994)

Twilight Motel is an album by the American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1992. Brown used a 1938 Gibson banjo.

Production

Recorded in Nashville and in Berkeley, the album was produced by Mike Marshall. "Sweet Thames Flow Softly" is a cover of the Ewan MacColl song.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Indianapolis StarStarStarHalf star

The Baltimore Sun wrote that the album "touches on everything from slippery samba rhythms to flashy Scruggs-style picking." The Indianapolis Star concluded that "there's nothing bad on this disc, much that's good, but too much that's merely pleasant, veering close to 'easy listening'." Stereo Review noted that "Brown never wanders as far into space-grass territory as Bela Fleck, but her artistic vision, while less flashy, is no less profound."

In his AllMusic review, music critic Michael McCall called the album "jazzier, yet also more relaxed, than her debut."

Track listing

All compositions by Alison Brown unless otherwise noted

  1. "First Light" – 5:17
  2. "Lorelei" – 4:36
  3. "Twilight Motel" – 3:45
  4. "Blue Marlin" – 4:40
  5. "Saint Geneviéve" – 4:02
  6. "Gods of Brazil" – 4:29
  7. "Shoot the Dog" – 3:25
  8. "Pelican Bay" – 3:12
  9. "Chicken Road" – 4:25
  10. "Sweet Thames Flow Softly (MacCall, MacColl)" – 5:24

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Duckman, David (January 28, 1993). "Rave recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
  2. 1 2 3 McCall, Michael. "Twilight Motel > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
  3. ↑ Henry, Murphy (2013). Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass. University of Illinois Press. p. 298.
  4. ↑ Adams, Noah (November 25, 1992). "Twilight Motel". All Things Considered. NPR.
  5. ↑ Clark, Renee Hopkins (December 13, 1992). "Twilight Motel, Alison Brown". The Dallas Morning News. p. 6C.
  6. ↑ Lawrence, Keith (December 25, 1992). "Bluegrass Notes". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 2D.
  7. 1 2 Schoch, Eric (January 22, 1993). "Alison Brown Twilight Motel". The Indianapolis Star. p. B9.
  8. ↑ Considine, J.D. (January 1, 1993). "Twilight Motel". Features. The Baltimore Sun. p. 5.
  9. ↑ "Twilight Motel by Alison Brown". Stereo Review. Vol. 58, no. 5. May 1993. p. 90.