How excited were the folks in Low, the Minnesota indie band, when they heard the divine Ms. Staples covered their 'Holy Ghost' to lead off this lovely, largely acoustic album (and turned a mopey lament into a gospel slow-burner)? Produced with low-key confidence and spare arrangements by 's Jeff Tweedy (who also helmed her 2010 LP), One True Vine shows there isn't much the ex-Staple Singer can't make gorgeous and lived-in. Is it too tasteful by half? Maybe, but what does she have to prove?

Funkadelic's 'Can You Get to That' gets a fairly orthodox turn, and the Tweedy-penned 'Jesus Wept' is folk soul that can't live without your love. Go for it, Low!

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The opening track on ’ One True Vine, her second record with, may sound familiar. The song is called “Holy Ghost”, and it’s a lonely monologue featuring her full, beautifully controlled vocals backed by a whispery acoustic guitar strum and a judiciously unobtrusive backing choir. Written by, it appeared on ’s recent full-length,, which Tweedy also produced.

The opening track on Mavis Staples’ One True Vine, her second record with Jeff Tweedy, may sound familiar. The song is called “Holy Ghost”, and it’s a lonely. Listen to Mavis Staples' new album 'One True Vine' Get it on iTunes here: smarturl.it/OneTrueVine. Listen to songs from the album One True Vine, including 'Holy Ghost', 'Every Step', 'Can You Get to That', and many more. Buy the album for $9.99. Songs start at $1.29.

It’s a curious bit of synergy, and the frontman might be guilty of shameless product-placement had Staples’ version not turned out so well. Essentially a cappella, it’s a fine showcase for the vocalist, even if it she obliterates all the ambiguity in the original: This is not about “some holy ghost,” but the Holy Ghost. Office 2010 Toolkit 2.1.6 Download Free on this page. What rankles, however, isn’t the song choice but its placement.

On The Invisible Way “Holy Ghost” comes late on the first side, sounding like a mournful bit of spiritual questioning. As an album opener here, it’s so wistful and downcast that it sounds like we’ve intruded on Staples’ private prayer. This is not introduction but a benediction.

One True Vine takes a while to get going, burdened by curious sequencing that emphasizes the songs’ low-key production and lurching pace. After “Holy Ghost” comes the Tweedy-penned “Every Step”, whose guitar feedback and punctuating stomps sound cheaply ominous. That’s followed by the sluggish cover “Can You Get to That”, which features a fine bass vocal from Donny Gerrard but never quite gets to that., Staples’ first collaboration with Tweedy from 2010, highlighted the septuagenarian’s still-commanding voice-- which has become all the more powerful with age and experience-- and proved the Wilco frontman could work in styles and genres well beyond indie Americana. Its tone was celebratory, as he showed a light touch in the control room and never burdened Staples’ performances with too much sound or too many studio tricks.

You Are Not Alone sounded like a celebration: of a God who had blessed Staples with a long and influential musical career but also of a partnership that seemed to bring out the best in both artists. That’s an almost impossible act to follow, and by contrast One True Vine sounds subdued, hesitant, downtempo, downcast-- its sentiments more reflective than rousing. It’s not until the fourth track, “Jesus Wept”, that the album really picks up. The song begins with Staples' voice: “My throat quits when I try to say how I long for the day,” she intones. “How I wish there was a way I could see you again.” Staples invests those lines with so much fear and yearning that the sense of loss becomes palpable. Windows 2000 Professional 1-2cpu Download. It’s an arresting moment, and in the album’s best bit of sequencing, it’s followed by “Far Celestial Shore”, written. An upbeat tune with a sharply strummed guitar propelling its quirky melody, it provides a contented punctuation to “Jesus Wept” by promising a reward in the afterlife for the trials of this life.