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2007-08-27
The lyrics on this recording are phenomenal, like when you have a really great novel that you can’t put down, you read a paragraph of prose and marvel at its perfection. It’s not the strange esoteric work of the past but a collection of accessible and interesting songwriting. You might read the liner notes about his home and state of mind, which is decidedly happy. Check out the musicians he employs. Bill Frisell and Loudon Wainwright III are two of them. Teresa Jeanne
Various Artists
Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo
MARTHA SCANLAN
The West Was Burning
Devil in a Woodpile
In Your Lonesome Town
SUZY BOGGUSS
Sweet Danger
THE WEEPIES
Hideaway
Back Forty
Big Orange Tent
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