Cris Williamson – Breathing Room (CD)
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Released in 1975, "The Changer and the Changed" became one of the foundational records of the women's music movement, and Williamson has spent the decades since building a catalog that quietly shaped how generations of listeners understood folk, feminism, and community. Returning to that same solo intimacy on her 35th album, recorded entirely on her own terms at nearly 80, feels less like nostalgia and more like confidence.
Breathing Room marks an historic full-circle moment for Cris Williamson: her 35th album, and the first time in fifty years - not since she went into the studio and laid down the initial solo tracks for The Changer and the Changed - that she has played and sung everything herself, from vocals and piano to acoustic guitar and keyboard strings. Arriving this fall, just months before her 80th birthday, this Folk/Americana collection pairs eleven new originals with a tender reading of the traditional ballad ""The Water Is Wide (O, Waly, Waly)."" Highlights like ""The Two Ruths,"" ""The Pearl,"" and ""Big Dreams in a Little Cowtown"" showcase a storyteller as vital and clear-eyed as ever.
Tracklist:
- Just How Much (Country Of The Heart)
- Big Dreams In A Little Cowtown
- Shoulder To The Wheel
- The Water Is Wide (O, Waly, Waly)
- A Fistful Of Water
- China Cup
- The Pearl
- Pride
- Bread Upon The Water
- Â Voyagers
- The Two Ruths
- If It Weren't For The Music
UPC: 630428445628
Label: Wolf Moon Records
Release Date: 10.30.26
Format: CD