I Hope You Have A Good Life
Mountain Home, 2019
8/10
Listen to I Hope You Have A Good Life
The banjo virtuoso Gina Furtado returns with a personal album where the songstress illustrates her eloquent and insightful perception of not only the world but herself as well.
“The First Pebble” gets the listen off to a playful start with bright vocals from Furtado and fun banjo acrobatics as well as backing strings, and “Airplane Ride” follows with calmer spirit of reflective and warm bluegrass.
Near the middle, “Shame” recruits a more tense atmosphere but with plenty of melody, while “Try” emits a soothing country spirit with plenty of solos. “Story Of An Artist”, one of the album’s best, then offers vivid storytelling with a pretty, ballad like setting.
Towards the end, “Take Your Time (I’ll Be Fine)” moves with a shuffling pace that will get your body moving, and the rowdy, funk filled “Can You Picture That?” puts males vocals into the equation on the feel good exit.
Ultimately a break up album, Furtado has really come into her own as a songwriter, and if I Hope You Have A Good Life is a new chapter in her life, it’s certainly one that gets closer to illustrating the immense talent this young woman possesses.
Travels well with: Chris Jones And The Night Drivers- The Choosing Road; Newtown- Old World