Arthur Russell - Iowa Dream - [Vinyl]

At once kaleidoscopic and intimate, Iowa Dream bears some of Russell�s most personal work, including several recently discovered folk songs he wrote during his time in Northern California in the early 1970s. For Russell, Iowa was never very far away. �I see, I see it all,� sings Russell on the title track: red houses, fields, the town mayor (his father) streaming by as he dream-bicycles through his hometown. Russell�s childhood home and family echo, too, through �Just Regular People,� �I Wish I Had a Brother,� �Wonder Boy,� �The Dogs Outside are Barking,� �Sharper Eyes,� and �I Felt.� Meanwhile, songs like �I Kissed the Girl From Outer Space,� �I Still Love You,� �List of Boys,� and �Barefoot in New York� fizz with pop and dance grooves, gesturing at Russell�s devotion to New York�s avant-garde and disco scenes. Finally, the long-awaited �You Did it Yourself,� until now heard only in a brief heart-stopping black-and-white clip in Matt Wolf�s documentary Wild Combination, awards us a new take with a driving funk rhythm and Russell�s extraordinary voice soaring at the height of its powers. On Iowa Dream, you can hear a country kid meeting the rest of the world-and with this record, the world continues to meet a totally singular artist.

Arthur Russell - Iowa Dream - [Vinyl]

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