Kate wrote: "I have discovered "Maria' and 'When I Was a Boy' several years after their original release dates, and I can't freaking stop listening to them." Attagirl Kate! For me, these two are pivotal in her oeuvre, and cement her genius. And Catherine T wrote: << Here's the funny part--I own every thing Sib did up until WIWAB, No Borders through Bound , bought them when they were first released, and loved them. Then for some reason turned away just before WIWAB. My Twilight-Zoneish theory is that WIWAB and "Maria" sat out there and "waited" for me until I was really ready to hear them right.>> Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, you bought these two, and lo and behold! - it got better! << I've been to her website and ordered her New York trilogy and her recently Juno-nominated album "Hush," interpretations of Celtic and American spirituals. Waiting impatianetly for them to arrive. Boy, are you in for a treat; they form a unique project, touched with magic all the way through, and with some colossal songs and spoken word pieces. Hush I'm not quite so wil about. The songs are individually beautiful, though I could have used a little variety. The song I can't get out of my head is "In my Dream", which she has sung live, and hasn't arrived on a record yet - it's exquisite. Azeem in London NP: Blue, on vinyl, from the original gatefold, textured sleeve - hooray! Easy to forget how great this record is when ya don't listen to it for a while.
