Jack & Amanda Palmer – You Got Me Singing
Released July 15th, 2016
Amanda Palmer and her once estranged father Jack have healed their relationship via music. You Got Me Singing a collaboration covers album by the two is the result. Her father who turns 72 this year brings his best Johnny Cash to proceedings while she brings her usual bag of tricks. Jack and Amanda haven’t always been the closest father and daughter, Jack having left when she was only a year old. While touring their relationship was reestablished, when Amanda invited Jack to shows and occasionally stayed at his house. Palmer has said about the album, “It was a really good reason to spend healing time together, sharing our musical histories”. The collection of songs is surprisingly relevant, and the arrangements tastefully simple.
4 out of 5 stars
