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Washing Day by Adam Levy
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fave it Folk Pop | Americana
11 tracks | 40 minutes
Released Aug 2007
on Lost Wax
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:33 Washing Day lyrics BUY MP3 04:33 Washing Day lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:33 Washing Day
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:03 I Can Promise You That lyrics BUY MP3 04:03 I Can Promise You That lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:03 I Can Promise You That
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:28 In the Morning lyrics FREE 04:28 In the Morning lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:28 In the Morning
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:16 Longest Day of the Year lyrics BUY MP3 03:16 Longest Day of the Year lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:16 Longest Day of the Year
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:25 There Goes the Neighborhood lyrics BUY MP3 00:25 There Goes the Neighborhood lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:25 There Goes the Neighborhood
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:34 I Shot Her Down lyrics BUY MP3 03:34 I Shot Her Down lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:34 I Shot Her Down
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:35 Unspoken lyrics BUY MP3 04:35 Unspoken lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:35 Unspoken
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 The Party Is Over lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 The Party Is Over lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 The Party Is Over
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:22 Never Been Alone Like This lyrics BUY MP3 02:22 Never Been Alone Like This lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:22 Never Been Alone Like This
Adam Levy sings tear-jerkers, folk tales, and happy endings.
Editorial review
Adam Levy's "day job" is playing guitar in Norah Jones' band. Not surprisingly, his own music holds some similarities to his boss'. They share certain laid-back musical qualities that swirl jazz, blues and country colorings into the singer/songwriter palette. In fact, Jones covered Levy's "In the Morning" on her Feels Like Home album. One main difference between the two, however, comes from the fact that Levy (not to be confused with the Adam Levy who fronts the Minneapolis roots rock band the Honeydogs) is a guitarist so his music naturally features a much more prominent guitar sound than Jones' piano-based music does. Not strictly a subtle strummer, Levy is not averse to attacking his guitar with enough ferocity to rattle the coffee cups at Starbucks. Both the blues "In the Morning" and the twangy stomper of a murder tale "I Shot Her Down" boast some raucous guitar work. Levy, however, doesn't showboat his guitar skills here, choosing instead to use his typically economical playing to service his songs. He fuels soulful rocker "I Can Promise You That" with a funky guitar line, while the jazzier "Breathe with Me" gets sparked by an eerie guitar figure that perfectly fits the song's nocturnal mood. When Levy slows down the pace on his spare, melancholic romantic laments "Unspoken" and "Longest Day of the Day," he suggest the craftsmanship of a Freedy Johnston. Levy's lyrical skills really shine on the evocatively rendered title track. He fills this relaxed early morning ode with little snapshots but then slips in the simple yet poetic observation -- "my secrets now just streaks of blue" -- after discovering an old, now laundered notebook in his dungarees. This disc opener bookends nicely with "The Party Is Over," a weary-eyed look at a long night that comes as the album winds down. The disc's concluding song, however, is something of a tempo-changer. "Never Been Alone Like This" is Levy's poppiest track, a jangly ditty that would improve any power pop album. Much like Jesse Harris has stepped out of Jones' shadow, Levy seems poised to do the same. ~ Michael Berick, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Adam Levy is best known for his tenure as the featured guitarist in Norah Jones' Handsome Band. He played on her breakout 2002 disk Come Away with Me, her '04 follow-up Feels Like Home, and her latest CD Not Too Late. In his downtime between steady gigs with Jones, Levy has been onstage and/or in the studio with Rosanne Cash, Amos Lee, M. Ward, and up-and-coming Aussie artist Eran James.
In addition to Levy's skills as a player, he is a gifted songwriter. He penned "In the Morning" for Jones' Feels Like Home, and other artists have recorded his songs as well. There's no doubt, though, that the best way to hear Levy's folk/pop/blues gems is straight from the source.