More than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith

More than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith
More than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith
Compilation album by various artists
Released	September 22, 2023
Genre	Folk, Americana, country folk
Length	58:33
Label	Rounder
Singles from More than a Whisper
	"Love at the Five and Dime"; Released: July 14, 2023; "Love Wore a Halo (Back Before the War)"; Released: August 11, 2023; "Listen to the Radio"; Released: September 1, 2023;

ReleasedSeptember 22, 2023

GenreFolk, Americana, country folk

Length58:33

LabelRounder

More than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith is a compilation album featuring various artists covering songs that were written or recorded by American singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith. It was released on September 22, 2023, by Rounder Records as a tribute to Griffith, who died in 2021 and recorded her albums Ruby's Torch and The Loving Kind on the label. Proceeds from the album were donated to Cumberland Heights, a non-profit treatment facility in Nashville, Tennessee that specializes in assistance of individuals and their immediate families who are affected by drug addiction and alcoholism.^[1] It was one of two albums that were released in 2023 to honor Griffith's legacy, the first being the box set Working in Corners.^[2]

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No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"You Can't Go Home Again"	Sarah Jarosz	4:41
2.	"Love at the Five and Dime"	John Prine and Kelsey Waldon	4:49
3.	"Listen to the Radio"	Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle	4:00
4.	"Love Wore a Halo (Back Before the War)"	Emmylou Harris	3:40
5.	"Trouble in the Fields"	Lyle Lovett and Kathy Mattea	3:29
6.	"Gulf Coast Highway"	Brandy Clark	3:28
7.	"Outbound Plane"	Shawn Colvin	4:04
8.	"Radio Fragile"	Ida Mae	5:04
9.	"It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go"	Steve Earle	4:41
10.	"Late Night Grande Hotel"	Aaron Lee Tasjan	4:10
11.	"Ford Econoline"	Todd Snider	2:39
12.	"Banks of the Pontchartrain"	Iris DeMent	4:30
13.	"More than a Whisper"	Mary Gauthier	4:41
14.	"From a Distance"	The War and Treaty	4:37
Total length:			58:33

v t e Nanci Griffith
Studio albums	There's a Light Beyond These Woods (1978) Poet in My Window (1982) Once in a Very Blue Moon (1985) The Last of the True Believers (1986) Lone Star State of Mind (1987) Little Love Affairs (1988) Storms (1989) Late Night Grande Hotel (1991) Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993) Flyer (1994) Blue Roses from the Moons (1997) Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998) The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999) Clock Without Hands (2001) Hearts in Mind (2004) Ruby's Torch (2006) The Loving Kind (2009) Intersection (2012)
Compilation albums	The MCA Years: A Retrospective (1993) The Best of Nanci Griffith (1993) Country Gold (1997) From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith (2002) The Complete MCA Studio Recordings (2003)
Live albums	One Fair Summer Evening (1988) Winter Marquee (2002)
Other	More than a Whisper (2023)

More than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith

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More than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith

Compilation album by various artists
Released	September 22, 2023
Genre	Folk, Americana, country folk
Length	58:33
Label	Rounder

Singles from More than a Whisper
"Love at the Five and Dime" Released: July 14, 2023 "Love Wore a Halo (Back Before the War)" Released: August 11, 2023 "Listen to the Radio" Released: September 1, 2023