They're Calling Me Home

They're Calling Me Home

by Rhiannon Giddens
They're Calling Me Home

They're Calling Me Home

by Rhiannon Giddens

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Overview

They're Calling Me Home belongs to a class of albums inspired by the global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi found themselves locked down in their newly adopted home of Ireland, far away from their respective birthplaces in America and Italy. Some traces of homesickness settled in, intertwining with meditations on mortality and the meaning of home, ideas that fuel They're Calling Me Home. The past pushes into the present, traditional melodies are revived alongside new compositions that feel ancient, and folk traditions from America and Europe are blended so they're difficult to parse. Giddens and Turrisi pulled off a similar trick on their first collaboration, 2019's There Is No Other, yet They're Calling Me Home has its own distinct vibe, one that is directly tied to the COVID-19 lockdown. The pair find comfort within each other, yet they cannot shake the yearning for other people and places, a complex set of emotions that were quite universal during 2020 and 2021 and are richly conveyed on this soulful, searching album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 04/09/2021
Label: Nonesuch
UPC: 0075597915709
Rank: 3754

Tracks

  1. Calling Me Home
  2. Avalon
  3. Si Dolce ¿¿'l Tormento
  4. I Shall Not Be Moved
  5. Black as Crow
  6. O Death
  7. Niwel Goes to Town
  8. When I Was in My Prime
  9. Waterbound
  10. Bully for You
  11. Nenna Nenna
  12. Amazing Grace

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rhiannon Giddens   Primary Artist,Banjo,Viola,Vocals
Francesco Turrisi   Hand Drums,Percussion,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background),Banjo,Cello,Drums,Guitar,Tombak,Vocals,Calabash,Accordion,Frame Drum
Niwel Tsumbu   Guitar (Nylon String)
Emer Mayock   Flute,Irish Flute,Uillean Pipes

Technical Credits

Francesco Turrisi   Producer,Translation,Arranger,Composer
Ben Rawlins   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Joe Thompson   Arranger
Larry Blackwood   Cover Photo,Photography
Alice Gerrard   Composer
Justin Robinson   Composer,Composer
Rhiannon Giddens   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Translation
Kim Rosen   Mastering
Claudio Monteverdi   Composer
Pino de Vittorio   Arranger
Jeri Heiden   Design
Karen Cox   Photography
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