Patty Griffin is a singer / songwriter who turns her soul inside out. On previous albums she dealt with divorce and the death of her father. On her ninth album Servant Of Love, the tone is less unambiguous. In 2013 she broke off her relationship with , but who sneer at the ex-frontman of want to hear is disappointed. Judging by her lyrics, Patty Griffin is a woman who makes her own plan. She also
… does that musically. In the first two songs Ephraim Owens' trumpet is given a prominent place and his playing gives those songs an original, jazzy sound. Griffin has a penetrating, somewhat nasal voice. Not a voice for everyone, but one with which she knows how to move the listener. Servant Of Love is a richly varied album on which folk and blues predominate. (PdK)more
