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A pleasing blend of traditional and contemporary folk ballads.
Genre:
Folk: Traditional Folk
Release Date:
2005
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Sharon Dressen McKnight
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Factory Girl
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Sharon follows with a 2005 recording entitled "Factory Girl". Everything Sharon did right with “My Backyard”, she did even better with “Factory Girl”! Wonderful harmonies, great song selection, well selected instrumentation. This recording is a gem.
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author: David Tillis
Sharon Dressen McKnight is a veteran folk singer out of central Indiana, and Factory Girl is her second effort, following on the heels of the wonderful My Backyard. I really love her voice. She is a singer in the mold of the great Joan Baez, but actually I like her voice even a bit better than Joan’s. Sharon’s music wisely places her sweet, pure vocal tone in the front and center of each song…she knows her strengths and she plays to them. Factory Girl features a nice mix of traditional music, songs from the likes of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, material from local writers, and Sharon herself contributes the lovely Downriver.
These tracks go down as smooth and sweet as iced tea on a hot day. I really enjoy the laid-back vibe of the record and I love the organic instrumentation of acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano, fiddle, acoustic bass and cello. While novelty tunes like I’m A Little Cookie, are fun, it’s the more substantial songs about loss and longing that I most
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