Album Info

Downtown Church

Singer/Songwriter - 2010

Patty Griffin is that rare roots-music artist who brings new life to the old forms. Folk, country, and blues have... more

Tracklist

1

House of Gold

2:52 min
2

Move Up (feat. Ann McCrary, Regina McCrary, Jim Lauderdale, And Buddy Miller)

2:43 min
3

Little Fire (feat. Emmylou Harris)

4:07 min
4

Death’s Got a Warrant (feat. Regina McCrary and Ann McCrary)

1:43 min
5

If I Had My Way (feat. Regina McCrary and Ann McCrary)

3:24 min
6

Coming Home to Me (feat. Julie Miller)

3:32 min
7

Wade In the Water (feat. Regina McCrary and Mike Farris)

3:07 min
8

Never Grow Old (feat. Buddy Miller)

3:11 min
9

Virgen de Guadalupe (feat. Raul Malo)

3:31 min
10

I Smell a Rat

2:31 min
11

Waiting for My Child

4:15 min
12

The Strange Man (feat. Regina McCrary and Mike Farris)

3:38 min
13

We Shall All Be Reunited

4:11 min
14

All Creatures of Our God and King

4:16 min

About Downtown Church

Patty Griffin is that rare roots-music artist who brings new life to the old forms. Folk, country, and blues have become one in her hands, and with 2010’s Downtown Church she delves further into gospel. The album was recorded at Nashville's Downtown Presbyterian Church by Buddy Miller and features guest spots from Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Raul Malo, and Jim Lauderdale. Hank Williams’ “House of Gold” is given a slow, ghostly read, while “Move Up” with Lauderdale, Miller, and Ann and Regina McCrary turns to an uptown blues shuffle for its gospel shout. “If I Had My Way” swirls with a full band blast. Griffin kicks it up with the Big Mama Thornton blues “I Smell a Rat” and pounds out a field holler with “Death’s Got a Warrant,” but she’s at her most gripping at her gentlest. The country-folk ballad “Little Fire” with Emmylou Harris is a stirring moment of tenderness, where the two singers do what comes naturally.