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Arkansas Traveler is an alternative folk album released by American singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked in 1992. Her fourth album for Mercury Records, the songs focused around the roots of her music. The album included collaborations with several other artists, including Taj Mahal, Alison Krauss, Tony Levin and Norman Blake.
Während Shocked mit Captain Swing der Swing-Musik aus den Vierzigern ihre Reverenz erwies, reiste sie für Arkansas Traveler durch drei Kontinente, um mit unterschiedlichen Künstlern wie Taj Mahal und Gatemouth Brown folk-basierte Roots-Songs aufzunehmen.
Listen to Arkansas Traveler on Spotify. Michelle Shocked · Album · 1991 · 14 songs.
The trilogy concluded with her 1992 album, Arkansas Traveler. Her desire to have the cover portray her in blackface in tribute to the roots of the music featured on the album drew criticism and a change in the cover art. However, the album received little commercial notice, and Shocked parted ways with the label following an ...
Arkansas Traveler by Michelle Shocked released in 1991. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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October 16, 1992. Original article: “I received a certificate signed by Gov. Bill Clinton that is basically an ‘Ambassadors to the State of Arkansas’ certificate,” says Michelle Shocked. “The state has this program called The Arkansas Traveler,’ and you get this very formal certificate.
Michelle Shocked really branched out style-wise in the three years between Captain Swing and 1992’s Arkansas Traveler. In the liner notes, Shocked says this album was inspired by blackface minstrelsy.
