Jackie Fitzgerald "(The Wreck of the) Jackie Fitzgerald" CD (2019)

Details: This is a 26-page 6" x 6" artist songbook and CD package featuring the music of Jackie Fitzgerald and containing 24 pages of hand-drawn ink illustrations and lyrics on heavy glossy paper by Canadian artist, Julia Hall, edited by Ben Van Dongen. "(the wreck of the) Jackie Fitzgerald," by Ontario-based artist and poet, Jackie Fitzgerald, includes 13 brand new songs released independently late last year. Tones of Elisa Ambrogio, Patti Smith, and Lou Reed. Description: Fitzgerald's haunting Appalachian-tinged Americana and complex psychedelic-folk songwriting reveal a performer in the midst of crafting an entirely new world. Throughout the album and from the opener "Let The Old Men Call You Tiger," to the warm psychedelic fuzz and poetry of "Last Time I Yearned," there are multiple nods to the songwriting style of both Lou Reed and Patti Smith. Although Fitzgerald's primary instrument is the autoharp, she also plays some keyboard and had accompaniment from accomplished instrumenta