New Moon Daughter

Jazz · 1996 · 13 tracks

New Moon Daughter

Cassandra Wilson

A swampy, nocturnal masterpiece where jazz meets Delta blues. Deep amber vocals drift through sparse arrangements of detuned guitars and haunting percussion.

January 24, 1996 · Blue Note

A deep, humid, and mysterious nocturnal journey that feels both ancient and modern.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks

01

Strange Fruit

5:36

02

Love Is Blindness

4:53

03

Solomon Sang

5:56

04

Death Letter

4:14

05

Skylark

4:09

06

Find Him

4:40

07

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

4:51

08

Last Train to Clarksville

5:17

09

Until

6:30

10

A Little Warm Death

5:45

11

Memphis

5:05

12

Harvest Moon

5:15

13

Moon River

5:23

Moments Worth Waiting For

The skeletal, menacing banjo line that opens Strange Fruit, stripping the song to its terrifying core.

Reviews

AllMusic

Where This Album Departs

How does New Moon Daughter sound next to the rest of Cassandra Wilson's catalogue?

Love Lost+1.2σ

The writing leans notably further into love lost than the rest of the catalogue.

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