Joan Osborne

Joan Osborne – Nobody Owns You (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 47:12 minutes | 525 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Womanly Hips Records

2023 release from the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter. “This is the most personal record I’ve ever made,” says Joan Osborne. The result is a masterful collection of twelve contemplative songs offering hope and solace, while exploring Osborne’s own unique journey from small-town Kentucky to around the world. The powerful album’s deeply melodic songcraft, including some co-writes with producer Ben Rice (Valerie June; Norah Jones), serves up a rich Americana sound. Her sumptuous alto and poetic lyrics are underpinned by rootsy textures, ranging from Rice’s banjo guitar to Cindy Cashdollar’s lap steel, to Dave Sherman’s piano and Hammond organ, to Jack Petruzzelli’s baritone guitar.

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Joan Osborne – Bring It On Home (Hi-Def Version) (2012/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:58 minutes | 549 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Time-Life Music

“Bring It On Home” is Osborne’s first album of hand-picked vintage blues and soul songs, a collection that fans have long been asking for and Osborne herself delighted in making.

The recording sessions were electrifying, as the singer/songwriter tapped into her lifelong love of blues and R&B and unleashed her impassioned vocals.

Drawing from a voice the New York Times called “angelic ecstasy” and “sexual abandon,” Joan Osborne created a special collection of some of her favorite classics, a personal tribute to the music she has long loved and drew inspiration from. With vocals that growl and soar, Osborne alternately cries out with heart-wrenching soul and foot-stomping grooves.

She personally selected the obscure gem “Roll Like A Big Wheel” from her own record collection and added rock n roll-fueled urgency to it. She also dug deep into John Mayall’s work and came back with “Broken Wings,” where her vocal performance draws both goose bumps and tears. The often overlooked Ike Turner-penned “Game of Love” was another treasure Osborne chose to record, and during the sessions an impromptu rendition of “Shake Your Hips” made its way onto the album.

“Bring It On Home” also includes tracks originally made famous by American blues masters such as Sonny Boy Williamson (“Bring it on Home”), Muddy Waters (“I Want to Be Loved”), as well as recordings originally released by some of the greatest R&B singers ever including Ray Charles (“I Don t Need No Doctor”), Al Green (“Rhymes”) and Otis Redding (“Champagne and Wine”).
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Joan Osborne – Relish (1995) [20th Anniversary Edition 2015]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 104:12 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: ProStudioMasters | @ Mercury Records

Relish, Joan Osborne’s debut album, sold three million copies in the US primarily due to the career-defining hit single One Of Us which received three Grammy nominations including the prestigious Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The album itself was nominated for Album of the Year and became a favourite of critics around the world. This 20th anniversary reissue contains eight bonus tracks, including both demo and live versions of “One Of Us”. (more…)

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