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Jonathan Richman-Ishkode! Ishkode!-new LP
Jonathan Richman – Ishkode! Ishkode!
Label:
Munster Records – MR 402
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country:
Spain
Released:
2019
Genre:
Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style:
Acoustic, Folk, Post Rock, Indian Classical
“Ishkode! Ishkode!” (“ishkode” means “fire” in the Native American Ojibwe language) is Jonathan Richman’s first full length album in 5 years and roughly the artist’s 20th LP. It was originally released in the States on Cleveland’s Blue Arrow Records in 2016.
Richman’s signature ingredients -acoustic guitar, minimal drums set-up, a few voices, his use of Romance languages…- combine once again across the album and subtle touches help him to strike a contemplative mood more than usual. Check ‘But Then Ego Went Away’, with lyrics about meditation, or the closing track ‘Mother I Give You My Soul Call’ introducing Indian instrumentation. As in previous works, Richman feels no shame in expressing his feelings openly in addition to continuing his very personal charming observations about the everyday life, as on ‘Wait! Wait!’.
It is not difficult to imagine Richman performing some of the songs of the album, especially the almost hypnotic two first tracks, around a bonfire, surrounded by a bunch friends singing along, but we will always wonder if that is the fire to whom the album title refers...
“Ishkode! Ishkode!” deserves to stand as a career highlight.
Tracklist
A1 Whoa! How Different We All Are!
A2 Ishkode! Ishkode!
A3 Wait! Wait!
A4 O Sun!
A5 Without The Heart For Chaperone
B1 'A Nnammurata Mia
B2 Let Me Do This Right!
B3 But Then Ego Went Away
B4 Outside O'Duffy's
B5 Longtemps
B6 Mother I Give You My Soul Call
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 8435008840211