Harriet Frost’s new CD “Random Days”
In her lyric and evocative collection titled “Random Days”, Harriet Frost summons some of the most urgent questions of the spirit.
What matters? What is true? At once provocative and resonant with an inner knowing, Frost's music explores political landscapes,
personal dreamscapes and life's panoply of disappointments and joys.
In the gritty late night of a couple's conflict...
O n the wind-swept dunes of the Middle East...
In a private moment that holds, precarious and precious, both gratitude and grief, Frost conjures reckonings both personal and universal. Her music burrows inward, beckoning confrontation with self, with others, with history, but first and foremost with love.
8 of these 11 selections are Harriet’s own compositions. Among them the joyous exultation of the collection’s title track “Random Days” the edgy "Marusa", the deeply personal “Dreamchild“ ballads held together musically through excellent production and the bold instrumentation of longtime collaborator-producer, guitarist Jim Woodyard.
Alongside her original songs she surprises us (opening with a lick reminiscent of
Bill Withers' “Use Me”) with a heart-stopping interpretation of Murray Head's
“Never Even Thought”. Frost gives a wonderfully nuanced interpretation of the
Mark Knopfler gem “Romeo and Juliet” while an homage to the George Harrison modern classic “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is safe in her hands. She inhabits these songs with passion and respect, interpreting them with the same compassion and intelligence present in her own work.
“Random Days” is a dynamic collection of music that's sure to warm your soul.