Places I've been...People I've known
Track Listings
| 1. Life Road Blues | ||
| 2. Taillights | ||
| 3. Adam Everyday | ||
| 4. Dancer's Grace | ||
| 5. Dark Secrets | ||
| 6. Lime Green Sweater | ||
| 7. Leavin' the North | ||
| 8. Red Dirt | ||
| 9. What I Need To Know | ||
| 10. Matisse's Violin | ||
| 11. Perfect Stranger | ||
| 12. Arms Around Me Still |
Editorial Reviews A self-taught guitarist, Charisse initially played traditional folk music stamped with her own personal touch. Over the years she has evolved into a stunning singer-songwriter unconstrained by genre or style. In performance, she mixes her original material with cover tunes as diverse as Jimmy Driftwood’s “Tennessee Stud” to Concrete Blonde’s “Joey”. She has delighted audiences for years with her unique repertoire. Where has she been? Between her Air Force upbringing, stint in the Army as a helicopter crew chief, and aerospace gypsy existence, lots of places. Charisse has played to audiences all over the country and Europe. In her early 20’s she played the prestigious Passim CoffeeHouse in Boston, and opened for a young Jimmy Buffet and Eric Anderson. She has been a regular at numerous festivals, clubs and venues everywhere she has lived. She recently played a song circle at the Bluebird Café in Nashville with Casey Kelly, Rick Carnes, and Larry Cordle. While living in Greenville, SC, she opened a number of shows at the Handlebar most notably for Greg Brown, Maura O’Connell, and her hero, Mickey Newbury. She was a favorite at Greenville’s huge street festivals, Riverplace, Fall for Greenville, and First Night (100,000 attendees), Charisse has done backing vocals on several indie CDs, and won an Addy award for the only jingle she ever recorded! Charisse currently lives, works, and plays in Wichita, KS, where she shares an eighty-year-old house with her wily fox terrier, Molly.
About the Artist
Charisse Lowe’s music is a composite of many styles and influences. She grew up listening to her parents’ recordings of Maxine Sullivan, Mahalia Jackson, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Josh White, Billie Holiday, and Jo Stafford to name just a few. When her father retired from the Air Force and moved the family to Ithaca, NY, Charisse fell in with the folk element in this small college town, and was introduced to Tim Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Tim Hardin, and Paul Geremia. While still in high school she had mastered enough guitar to begin playing gigs in the area, and was invited to play many times on the seminal Bound For Glory live broadcast from Cornell University on WVBR radio.
Album Description
The CD Places I've Been..People I've Known is eclectic: blues, jazz, neo-folk and even a little country melded by the versatile and large talent of vocalist and songwriter, Charisse Lowe. Producer Harvey Gerst characterizes the songs as little gems, "beautiful by themselves, gorgeous as a complete necklace. An embarrassment of riches."
Places I've been...People I've known, Music, Charisse Lowe, Acoustic and eclectic, Charisse is a little bit blues, country, folk and jazz with a voice that easily handles each genre. "The songs are little gems strung together like a beautiful necklace" Harvey Gerst, producer.
Places I've been...People I've known
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