''Adieu False Heart'' is a collaborative album by American singer, songwriter, and producer

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featuring

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singer

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. It peaked at #146 on the ''

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'' album chart and nominated at the 2006 Grammy Awards for

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and

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. This was Ronstadt's last studio album before her retirement in 2011 and the revelation of her affliction with

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in 2013 (later revealed to actually be progressive Supranuclear palsy in 2019), which has left her unable to perform or sing.

Production

Ronstadt, a soprano, and Savoy, an alto, had previously recorded duets for the Savoy-produced album '' Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music''; here, they sing together as The Zozo Sisters on the album, which brings together a mixture of Louisiana Cajun sounds, popular music of the 20th century, and folk/rock classics. The album includes an interpretation of

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's 1966 hit "

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's 1950s hit by

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"Go Away From My Window" and the French classic " Parlez-Moi D'Amour". Ronstadt takes lead on

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's "I Can't Get Over You," with Julie's husband

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on guitar and Savoy takes lead on Richard Thompson's "Burns' Supper." On her collaboration with Savoy, Ronstadt remarked: "We could have made a quilt, I guess, except we're musicians, so we're making a record together instead. She sings in French — I don't speak French — but there's traditional love in this bond." The album was recorded at

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’s Cypress House Studio in

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. It features local musicians, including Chas Justus, Eric Frey and Kevin Wimmer of the

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, Sam Broussard of The Mamou Playboys,

and Joel Savoy, as well as Nashville performers, like fiddler Stuart Duncan, mandolinist

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and guitarist Bryan Sutton.

Critical response and accolades

The Ronstadt/Savoy album received good reviews and landed on several year-end Top Ten lists. It peaked at #146 on the ''

'' album chart. The recording earned two

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nominations, including

and

Track listing

# "Opening" – 0:32 # "Adieu False Heart" (Arthur Smith) – 3:34 # "I Can't Get Over You" (

) – 3:07 # "Marie Mouri" ( David Greely) – 3:31 # "King of Bohemia" ( Richard Thompson) – 3:04 # "Plus Tu Tournes" (Michel Hindenoch) – 2:45 # "Go Away From My Window" (

) – 3:01 # "Burns' Supper" (Thompson) – 3:43 # "The One I Love Is Gone" (

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) – 2:37 # "Interlude" – 0:24 # "Rattle My Cage" (Chas Justus) – 2:48 # " Parlez-Moi D'Amour" ( Jean Lenoir) – 4:06 # "

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" (Scott Dooley, John Hadley,

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) – 3:17 # "Interlude" – 0:31 # "

" ( Michael Brown, Bob Calilli, Tony Sansone) – 3:26 # "Closing" – 1:08

Personnel

– lead vocals on 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 (3rd verse), 15; harmony vocals on 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 *

– lead vocals on 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15 (on choruses and 3rd verse); harmony vocals on 3, 7, 11; acoustic guitar on 6, 12 *

– fretless banjo on 2, 11, 16; upright bass on 5; accordion on 8, 9 * Sam Broussard – acoustic guitar on 2, 5, 7, 8, 15 * Andrea Zonn – resophonic viola on 1, 16; viola on 3; violin on 5, 7, 12, 15 *

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– fiddle on 2, 11, 13 * David Schnaufer –

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on 2, 10, 13; dulcimer on 11, 13, 14 * Bryon House – upright bass on 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15 *

– acoustic guitar on 3 * Tim Lauer – accordion on 3 * Kevin Wimmer – fiddle on 4, 6, 9 *

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– acoustic guitar on 4, 9; lead guitar on 6; fiddle on 9 * Chas Justus – acoustic guitar on 4, 6, 9, 12 * Eric Frey – upright bass on 4, 6, 9, 12 * Kristin Wilkinson – viola and string arrangements on 5, 7, 8, 15 * John Catchings – cello on 5, 7, 8, 15 *

Christine Balfa Christine Balfa is a Cajun musician and founder of the group Balfa Toujours known for performing vocals, guitar, and the triangle. She is the youngest daughter of Dewey Balfa. Balfa created the Cajun band Balfa Toujours in 1992; and her husb ...

– triangle on 6 *

– mandolin on 7, 8, 11 *

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- acoustic guitar on 13 *

Gary Paczosa Gary Paczosa is an audio engineer, producer and A&R rep for Sugar Hill Records. He has been nominated 11 times for the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. He is best known for working with Alison Krauss and Dolly Parton nume ...

–

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, Mixing

References

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