Circumstance by Alice Howe
To hear Alice Howe sing is to be enraptured by the natural, unaffected beauty of her voice. There’s no artifice, no histrionics — just honest, authentic, emotionally resonant singing in the tradition of the roots music that shaped her.
Recorded in two sessions at the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where the voices of icons like Aretha Franklin, Etta James, and Otis Redding once shook the walls, Circumstance channels their spirits with 11 stirring tracks that pull no punches diving into the vagaries of the heart and her own personal journey. As an old soul inside a 30-something millennial, the golden-voiced Howe puts her stamp on Americana’s venerable strands with 10 standout originals evoking both the classic singer-songwriters and the seminal music that once filled airwaves, roadhouses, and juke joints.
Tracklist
| 1. | You've Been Away So Long | 4:46 |
| 2. | Somebody's New Lover Now | 3:27 |
| 3. | Let Go | 3:59 |
| 4. | Love Has No Rules | 3:24 |
| 5. | Things I'm Not Saying | 4:06 |
| 6. | What About You | 2:49 |
| 7. | Something Calls To Me | 4:00 |
| 8. | With You By My Side | 3:34 |
| 9. | Line By Line | 4:18 |
| 10. | Travelin' Soul | 4:40 |
| 11. | It's How You Hold Me | 3:07 |
Credits
Produced by Freebo
Co-Produced by Alice Howe
Engineered by John Gifford III
FAME Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL
Mixed by Brian Boozer
Aum Studio Productions, Bakersfield, CA
Mastered by Chris Pelonis
Beyond The Rabbit Hole Studio, Central Coast, CA
Alice Howe - lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Freebo - fretless bass, acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
Jeff Fielder - electric guitar, slide guitar, harmony vocals
Will McFarlane - electric guitar
Clayton Ivey - Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
Mark Jordan - acoustic and electric piano (tracks 3, 10, and 11)
Justin Holder - drums, percussion
Marie Lewey & Cindy Walden - background vocals (tracks 4, 7, and 8)
Vinnie Ciesielski - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 5 and 8)
Mike Guinn - tenor and baritone saxophones (tracks 5 and 8)
Photography and Art Direction by Jim Shea
Design by John Sellards
License
All rights reserved.
To hear Alice Howe sing is to be enraptured by the natural, unaffected beauty of her voice. There’s no artifice, no histrionics — just honest, authentic, emotionally resonant singing in the tradition of the roots music that shaped her.
Her second and latest album, Circumstance, was recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals and produced by her creative partner Freebo (Bonnie Raitt).