Karen Odell’s new music CD just came out on CD Baby and Amazon. You can find it at http://cdbaby.com/cd/karenevansodell3. Mollie Odell Smith collaborated with her to write ‘The Touch of the Harp’ and the title song and one other were written especially for the Alzada Poetry Gathering in Alzada, MT this year. Hope you like this album. Oooooold Aunt Karen.
"Gospel Ganu"
The sharing of their music was a gift from the old or new American pioneers. Music is still given and shared as a gift today. K. Evans Odell learned to sing and feel the impact and power of Welsh hymns as a child in Vaughnsville and Gomer, Ohio. The wonderful harmonies and the strength of feeling cannot be equaled when many choral voices bring them to life. As an adult, however, K. Evans Odell found that choirs are hard to come by in the scant populations of Montana, and the love of the songs was something not diminished when they were sung by a single voice. When gospel music became a second love, K Evans Odell began to express the old songs in a new way—not to replace the beauty of a multitude of voices singing the old hymns, but to share the beloved old songs with a multitude of peoples through a single voice just as American gospel music had evolved from the mixture of cultures. Through various styles and inherent abilities to express their love of God, the music of Wales also had its beginnings. 1. Lead Kindly Light - 2. Although My Path Seems Dreary - 3. I Am Just A Stranger Here - 4. Send Thy Spirit - 5. Take Me As I Am O Savior - 6. Tell O Tell The Story - 7. A Clean Heart - 8. Come Gracious Lord - 9. I Heard the Word Salvation |
"Along the Little Missouri" is an album of songs composed by Karen Evans Odell inspired by the country she has lived in for forty years, and the people that inhabited that country. The Little Missouri River crosses that country. Table Rock is a local place of mystery. PRCA rodeo finalists, and local characters are also included. Indian Bluff is a spot where Norwegian settlers spent some cold nights avoiding Indians. The river crossing has been a gathering place for summer outings for generations.
CD Cover art—original painting on the wall of the old Camp Crook Hall by Karen Evans Odell Backup band, publishing, and studio production by Karen Evans Odell 1. Along the Little Missouri - 2. They Love to See Ol' Jesse Grin - 3. Table Rock - 4. Bud and Rachael - 5. Indian Bluff - 6. Old Man Did It Again - 7 He Left His Heart At The River Crossing. |