Finding Home

Description

Finding Home is an album by the Norwegian singer and songwriter Solveig Leithaug, released on the Norwegian gospel label Master Music in 2013. Also independently released in the US. The album was recorded and mixed by Stephen Leiweke assisted by Aaron Chafin at Yackland Studios in East Nashville, Tennessee; and was produced by Steve Hindalong of The Choir fame with assistance from Leiweke.

Talk about an off the board find! Those familiar with Solveig Leithaug through her past affiliation with the Gaithers as well as her Swedish language releases, will be surprised at the sonic sophistication and the authentic heart with which she imbues the real life inspired compositions in her wonderful new album, Finding Home. Personal tales of life, love, family and the joys and sorrows associated with each are interspersed with genuinely affecting songs of devotion to the savior who delivered her time and time again from the vagaries of the human condition. Highlights of the album include the elegiac «Faraway Lullaby», which laments the distance a life on the road sometimes engenders between a parent and their children, «A Million Miles» a harmonica fueled (thanks to veteran harp blower, Buddy Greene) ode to the unexpected joy of finding life a little bit later in life, and the deeply moving «When She Plays» a song written for Leithaug’s mother in law, a former church pianist for 40 years who, afflicted with late stage Alzheimers, manages to find moments of lucidity when she plays the piano. With production from Steve Hindalong (with assistance from Steven Leiweke), the project is both drenched in atmosphere, yet full of instrumental definition and sonic sophistication, a hallmark of Hindalong productions. A project that should hold rewards for most any listener, Finding Home reveals an artist who communicates encouraging universal truths by daring to be vulnerable. [Shawn MacLaughlin, Christian Musician Magazine, Jul/Aug 2014, Volume 19, Issue 4]

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CD tracklist:

1-01. Finding Home (True Blue) – 3:19
1-02. Faraway Lullaby – 3:27
1-03. A Million Miles – 2:54
1-04. Nothing Is Hidden – 5:11
1-05. When She Plays – 4:52
1-06. Mor – 2:55
1-07. Safe And Sound – 3:19
1-08. Brave – 3:51
1-09. The World You Made – 2:54
1-10. It Is Good – 3:32
1-11. Lacey’s Wedding Song – 3:25
1-12. You Care More – 3:16
1-13. Give Me Jesus – 4:20
2-01. Vindens Veg

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