Out this week is Brigitte DeMeyer’s first album since moving to Nashville and “Rose of Jericho” shows that she’s fallen in with good company.
Brady Blade is back to produce the new album, with Nashville neighbors Will Kimbrough, Mike Farris, Sam Bush, Mike Henderson, Al Perkins, John Deaderick and others lending their talents.
The first two songs on DeMeyer’s fourth album illustrate the duality of the songs on “Rose of Jericho.” “One Wish” is a buoyant gospel song (“If I had one joy to sing/I’d tell the people about a mighty king”), but then the country-flavored “This Fix I’m In” brings it all back to the earthly concern of missing your child while on the road. Themes of Home and Heaven run throughout the album.
There’s some Maria Muldaur in DeMeyer’s vocals and style, most evident on “Alright A-Coming” and “Say Big Poppa.” And like Muldaur, DeMeyer has the confidence to tackle a variety of styles, and the voice to back it up.
