Loren Mazzacane Connors - Evangeline (Road Cone, 1998)

1 Evangeline
2 Dance Acadia
3 Ships
4 The Burning Of Grand Pre
5 Two Paths
6 The Bridegroom Of Snow
7 Voice Of The Ocean, 'Despair Not!'
8 Once You Touched Me
9 Jesuits
10 Sister Of Mercy
11 His Room (In The Almshouse)
12 Oh, My Beloved
13 Gabriel Dies
14 Evangeline

Sur ce disque Loren Mazzacane Connors retrace l'histoire d'une ancêtre de Suzanne Langille, Evangeline Bellefontaine à la recherche de son fiancé après que les anglais contraignirent les acadiens à l'exil en Nouvelle Ecosse, cette histoire étant également le thème d'un poème de Longfellow: atmosphère éthérée et beauté tragique....

This is an excellent starting point for those unfamiliar to Loren Mazzacane Connors, deftly combining an uncompromising take on the guitar with melodic grace. 'Evangeline' is a short (30 minutes) and austere suite, centered on the narrative of wife Suzanne Langille's distant ancestor, Evangeline Bellefontaine (also the subject of a famous Longfellow poem). Tragic and romantic, the story deals with the heroine's search for her beloved after the British exiled Nova Scotians in 1746, and Connors' abstractly conveys the story brilliantly. The disc may take a while to assimilate due to quiet, unassuming nature: most of the songs are short and sparse, and the lo-fi recording intensifies its ethereal atmosphere. This is a wonderful album by a remarkable artist.
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