http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11176&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rssThe elusive Karen Dalton was an underground favorite of Greenwich Village's teeming folk scene during the 1960s. She made only two recordings, and of those, <I>It's So Hard to Tell Who's Gonna Love You the Best</I> is an underappreciated tour de force. But the electric <i>In My Own Time</i> braided folk, rock and soul arguably better than Dylan's first detour into electric folk. Dalton's voice is wizened and husky, but rich in twang -- she sounds like a farm-bred Billie Holiday trying to sing the blues like Fred Neil. She never ventured to write her own material, choosing instead to cover songs by Jelly Roll Morton, Leadbelly, Tim Hardin, Richard Manuel, George Jones and others; but her recordings, although largely unheard in their time (mostly because music critics then demanded original recorded material from folk singers), remain some of the best from the late '60s and early '70s. Freak folk pioneers Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom have both admitted to nicking their inflections from Dalton's distinctive vocal style. Even Bob Dylan once remarked, "My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton. Karen had a voice like Billie Holiday's and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed." - Chad DriscollFolk Revivalen720Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:32:03 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11176&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss The elusive Karen Dalton was an underground favorite of Greenwich Village's teeming folk scene during the 1960s. She made only two recordings, and of those, <I>It's So Hard to Tell Who's Gonna Love You the Best</I> is an underappreciated tour de force. But the electric <i>In My Own Time</i> braided folk, rock and soul arguably better than Dylan's first detour into electric folk. Dalton's voice is wizened and husky, but rich in twang -- she sounds like a farm-bred Billie Holiday trying to sing the blues like Fred Neil. She never ventured to write her own material, choosing instead to cover songs by Jelly Roll Morton, Leadbelly, Tim Hardin, Richard Manuel, George Jones and others; but her recordings, although largely unheard in their time (mostly because music critics then demanded original recorded material from folk singers), remain some of the best from the late '60s and early '70s. Freak folk pioneers Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom have both admitted to nicking their inflections from Dalton's distinctive vocal style. Even Bob Dylan once remarked, "My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton. Karen had a voice like Billie Holiday's and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed." - Chad Driscoll http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12101522&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk Revival Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Karen Dalton on Rhapsody Online 12101522 tra.12101522 Karen Dalton art.11176 0.99 In My Own Time alb.12092424 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/9/0/940969_170x170.jpg 2006-11-07 00:00:00.0 1971-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Something On Your Mind tra.12101522 203000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12101522&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12101522&variant=data&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12101525&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk Revival Fri, 1 Jan 1971 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Karen Dalton on Rhapsody Online 12101525 tra.12101525 Karen Dalton art.11176 0.99 In My Own Time alb.12092424 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/6/9/0/940969_170x170.jpg 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You More Than Words Can Say tra.30256160 214000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30256160&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30256160&variant=data&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30256166&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk Revival Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:39:01 -0700 Top Tracks by Karen Dalton on Rhapsody Online 30256166 tra.30256166 Karen Dalton art.11176 0.99 It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best alb.30245653 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/5/4/1/1811452_170x170.jpg 2006-07-11 00:00:00.0 null true In The Evening (It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best) tra.30256166 273000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30256166&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.30256166&variant=data&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.12101530&rws=%2Fkaren-dalton%2Ftop-tracks.rss Folk Revival Fri, 1 Jan 1971 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