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“Harmony,” Gordon Lightfoot
Nearly three decades after he sank the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot has resurfaced.
It’s been a while since he made the charts, but that’s the least of Lightfoot’s problems lately. A life-threatening aneurysm left him in a coma for six weeks in 2002, and he’s still recovering.
Lightfoot recorded demos of new material shortly before he became ill, and the tapes provided the foundation for “Harmony,” his 20th album. Band parts were overdubbed while he was still in the hospital, two concert cuts were added, and the result is an engaging 11-song collection featuring Lightfoot’s ruminations on longing, love and the great outdoors.
His voice is thinner and more nasal than when it was a fixture on AM radio, but Lightfoot’s folksy delivery remains distinctive. It’s like hearing unexpectedly from an old friend.
— Steven Wine