Spirit In The Room Tom Jones

Spirit in the room features all new repertoire made up of gospel blues and americana and includes songs by bob dylan paul simon odetta paul mccartney tom waits and leonard cohen.

Spirit in the room tom jones. On rounder records is a new album from tom jones titled spirit in the room. While it s not quite as good as that album it s still very good in it s own right. Spirit in the room also includes songs by paul simon. Editors notes for 2013 s spirit in the room tom jones and producer ethan johns aim for a set of relatively modern songs done as low key and reflectively as a natural showman like jones can do.

Among the songs covered on the album are tom waits bad as me odetta s hit or miss vera hall ward s travelling shoes richard linda thompson s dimming of the day and charlie darwin by the low anthem. Here leonard cohen paul mccartney paul simon tom waits bob dylan again and richard thompson are among the songwriters. Http smarturl it q6tqim buy on amazon. 2010 s praise blame showed this team doing late career wonders with blues and spirituals.

Spirit in the room is the 40th studio album by welsh musician tom jones released 21 may 2012 it was produced by ethan johns. It was released on the other side of the pond last year. The songs have fairly unadorned arrangements which puts the emphasis on jones voice. Produced by ethan johns ryan adams kings of leon ray lamontagne laura marling spirit in the room marks a new adventurous path for jones one that is rootsy bluesy bold and raw.

Http smarturl it tomjonesspirit buy it at your local record store u s. Scheduled for release on april 23rd in the u s. Although it isn t the revelation or surprising extraordinary achievement that his 2010 record praise blame was spirit in the room is another solid very welcome set of stripped back interpretations from tom jones produced once again by ethan johns making those comparisons to johnny cash s late period recordings with rick rubin all the more fitting. I confess i ve only just become aware of it and that was through my encountering on youtube the video for tom jones rendition of leonard cohen s great old tune tower of song which is the first track on the album.

The song s copyright dates put a few of them into the public domain pile.