Anna Ternheim - Bow Your Head

Of course it’s a risky thing to go where your music takes you. Anna Ternheim went to record in Nashville and despite that it doesn’t sound like Nashville, I’ve read about people being dismayed. You know, the usual “Why did you turn your back on your loyal fans? Why?!” As if the fans are what decides what directions an artist is supposed to take.

Me, I like the new album. The previous one — Leaving on a Mayday — was better and excellent and I love that one to pieces. But to expect the same thing about the new one would have been silly. It’s a bit more like her first two in tone and texture.

Then again, I abandoned the preconceived notion that country must be bad years ago. Sometimes the songs on The Night Visitor have that same feeling as Greg Edmonson’s Firefly soundtrack. That’s not a bad thing. At all.