Reviews
Liv og Leven – JACKIE LEVEN: Forbidden Songs Of The Dying West
- Publication
- Arbeiderbladet (Oslo)
- Author
- Haakon Larsen
- Date
- 29 September 1995
- Page
- 49
- Language
- Norwegian
- Access
- Free to read
Positive review: big boys who cry, mothers who took their own lives, but also blessed moments – the songs are about personal growth, the basic mood is not depressing but heart-warming, soothing, almost spiritual. “Men in Prison” is singled out, over 60 sacred male voices; three of the 16 tracks are recitations of poems by Emily Dickinson, James Wright and Louis MacNeice. Leven draws on Celtic tunes, spaghetti westerns and rock; with country, jazz and oldies rock he goes a little limp, but overall a fine successor.
Summary in our own words; for the exact wording see the original.
hjertegod, lindrende, nærmest spirituell
Source
Haakon Larsen · Arbeiderbladet (Oslo) · 29 September 1995 · Nasjonalbiblioteket · CC BY-NC 4.0
In the discography
- Forbidden Songs of the Dying West 1995 · Jackie Leven