Description
Gospel Singer is an album by the British singer and songwriter Garth Hewitt, released on ICC in 1999. The album was produced by Paul Field.
Kicking off with a rendition of a traditional spiritual «Guide My Feet», with interjections from a wailing harmonica (blown by the man himself) and a peddle steel, it quickly becomes apparent that Garth is staying close to the folk blues and country influences which have given his music longevity, now that dreams of breaking into popdom have long disappeared. Garth’s strengths and weaknesses are well known: a strength being his passion for the poor and oppressed, enabling him to bring songs of searingly memorable imagery, try «Community Of Love» (written after a visit to a radical church in Honduras) or «The Followers» (about a Baptist church in Nicaragua); while a weakness is his fruity, limited voice and his use of “carrier tune” melodies which are often over familiar and sometimes corny. All in all though, this album, his first for his new label, is his strongest for years and with some excellent production from Paul Field will no doubt satisfy Garth’s followers. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, April 2000]
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CD tracklist:
01. Guide My Feet – 4:04
02. Rivers, Mountains & Trees – 5:33
03. Words Of Peace – 3:47
04. Community Of Love – 3:59
05. Oasis Of Mercy – 4:36
06. In The Name Of God – 4:31
07. Atlantic View – 4:27
08. Sunrise Of Wonder – 3:46
09. Rumour Of God – 4:29
10. Candle Of Hope – 3:21
11. Three Trees (And An Open House) – 4:37
12. Within Listening Distance – 2:59
13. The Followers – 3:35
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