The Heron Smiled

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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Native American singer/songwriter Annie Humphrey has an appealing, somewhat throaty voice that sometimes recalls the phrasing of Stevie Nicks, and she writes attractive folk-rock music well suited to that voice. The weakness of her first nationally distributed album, however, is in the lyrics she sings, most of which were written by Carson Gardner. Gardner tends to write vague abstractions in repetitive structures, such that, even when you can figure out what he's getting at, you don't care. Humphrey does her best to freshen up the stale language, singing as though the lyrics were more compelling than they are, which tends to make The Heron Smiled the sort of album ...
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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Native American singer/songwriter Annie Humphrey has an appealing, somewhat throaty voice that sometimes recalls the phrasing of Stevie Nicks, and she writes attractive folk-rock music well suited to that voice. The weakness of her first nationally distributed album, however, is in the lyrics she sings, most of which were written by Carson Gardner. Gardner tends to write vague abstractions in repetitive structures, such that, even when you can figure out what he's getting at, you don't care. Humphrey does her best to freshen up the stale language, singing as though the lyrics were more compelling than they are, which tends to make The Heron Smiled the sort of album that sounds better if you don't listen too closely. When she writes by herself "I Can Hear You" or with others "See Her," co-written with her mother, author Anne Dunn, and Adrian Liberty, things don't improve much, but at least the songs are about something. The singer's American Indian heritage is referenced here and there, but the album's big set piece is the eight-minute "500 Years." Written by Humphrey, Gardner, and Dunn, the song is a compendium of Indian outrage written in the compressed, list style of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" that complains about everything from "conquistadors' golden lies" to Eskimo Pies. John Trudell, who does that sort of thing better and more concisely, turns up here and there on the album reciting lyrics behind Humphrey; he is also cited as an inspiration for a couple of the songs.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/2/2000
  • Label: Makoche Records
  • UPC: 703334016821
  • Catalog Number: 168

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Spirit Horses (3:53)
  2. 2 But This Love (3:02)
  3. 3 Same Old Years (3:21)
  4. 4 Much Sense (3:11)
  5. 5 DNA (4:18)
  6. 6 Falling Down and Falling Apart (4:24)
  7. 7 I Can Hear You (4:03)
  8. 8 The Heron Smiled (2:57)
  9. 9 Another Horse (4:35)
  10. 10 See Her (4:29)
  11. 11 500 Years (8:05)
  12. 12 Call Me (3:58)
  13. 13 Spirit Horses (3:49)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Annie Humphrey Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals
John Trudell Vocals
Jovino Santos Neto Piano, Keyboards
Adrian Liberty Percussion, Drums, Vocals
Gary Stroutsos Flute
David Swenson Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
William Mitchell Bass
Dale Heib Percussion, Drums
John Owen Lardinios Violin
Jon Nyborg Guitar
John Scalia Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Background Vocals
Brad Stockert Percussion
Technical Credits
John Trudell Liner Notes
Stephanie Meisel Art Direction
David Swenson Producer, Engineer, Mastering
Annie Humphrey Producer
Cherie Harms Harms Administration
Jan Swenson Administration
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Spirit, Soul and Melody

    Annie Humphry's CD is great---full of melodic, acoustic offerings reflecting our people's past, present and future, yet strung together in way that please the ear of everyone, reguardless of race. My sister, mother and I play it constantly. I highly recomend it!!

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