Artist: Nanci Griffith
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #67 Jan-Feb 2007
Nanci Griffith – Ruby’s Torch
When Nanci Griffith devotes the bulk of an album to other people’s songs, the selections had better be superlative. In that regard, this countrypolitan-meets-cabaret set of torch songs scores high marks. The eleven tracks include three Tom Waits tunes, a Jimmy Webb number, and a Sinatra standard. An impeccable vocalist, Griffith comes to this project [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #56 March-April 2005
Nanci Griffith – If there’s no hope at the end of it, there’s no point in writing it
Nanci Griffith was sure she wouldn’t be around to see the domestic release of her new album, Hearts In Mind — around meaning on U.S. soil. A singer and songwriter who has long worn her lefty politics on her sleeve and skirt, too, she had sworn if George Bush was elected president, she would leave [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #42 Nov-Dec 2002
Nanci Griffith – Winter Marquee
From the opening downbeat of John Prine’s “Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness” to the last twang of the electric guitar on Townes Van Zandt’s uptempo “White Freight Liner” that closes the fourteen-track disc, Winter Marquee manages to pull off that rare feat: It captures the spirit of a live performance and puts it vividly [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #39 May-June 2002
Nanci Griffith – Tennessee Theatre (Knoxville, TN)
The closing show of a tour is always a dicey proposition. Depending on how well the tour’s gone and how tired and cranky the band is, you might get either a jubilant party or a hasty run-through from weary players anxious just to get home. Judging from the casual charm and good humor of Nanci [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #35 Sept-Oct 2001
Nanci Griffith – Clock Without Hands
Nanci Griffith doesn’t quite cut it as an adult-contemporary star, and that’s no insult. Certainly, she possesses some of the necessary qualities: adept backing musicians, tasteful production and arrangements, and an immediately pleasant and memorable voice. Like the majority of her recent output, any song from Clock Without Hands would barely stir a ripple if [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #23 Sept-Oct 1999
Nanci Griffith With The London Symphony Orchestra – The Dust Bowl Symphony
Call it Moody Blues Syndrome. Or maybe Paul McCartney Disease. Whatever it is, there’s something about the lure of a big full-blown symphony orchestra that attracts some rock, pop and country singers who want to prove they know they difference between fiddles and violins. Perhaps they think their music will be transformed into something stately, [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #8 March-April 1997
Nanci Griffith – Blue Roses From The Moon
I owe Nanci Griffith a debt of gratitude. First, she was my sister in arms for years of I-Am-Too-Strong-To-Be-This-Lovelorn. Second, she was my introduction to future songwriting heroes such as Townes Van Zandt, Emmylou Harris and Guy Clark. For these reasons, I will forever cut her slack in the sappy department, overlooking an abundance of [...]
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