The Doman Tracks
Blackbird, 2024
8/10
The always impressive vocalist Heather Anne Lomax releases songs with Michael Doman, who passed away in 2020, and it serves as a memorial to his spirit and work.
“Be The One” starts the listen with jangly acoustic guitar and Lomax’s expressive pipes that welcome group vocals, and “Bits And Pieces” follow with Doman’s voice that duets with Lomax for the melodic folk-rocker.
The middle belongs to “Breaking Forth”, where the 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar and bass emit much beauty, grace and hope, while “The Joni Mitchell Song” is a ballad of sublime intimacy that makes great use of rich accordion.
Close to the end, “Down” carries a soothing aspect via the rich singing and dreamy musicianship, and an acoustic version of “Bits And Pieces” exits with much heart and soul via the poetic singing, light guitar and Michelle Packman’s gorgeous cello.
Doman produced the effort, too, and it captures plenty of haunting beauty, anthemic moments, rootsy bouts, thoughtful introspection and the quality songwriting we’ve come to expect from Lomax.
Travels well with: Heather Anne Lomax- All This Time; Rachael Sage- Another Side