2008-02-19
Caroline Herring : Lantana : Signature Sounds Being altogether unfamiliar with Caroline Herring, I was pleasantly surprised after listening to her latest offering, Lantana. The Georgia-based singer/songwriter, who, with the release of this record, recently came off a self-induced hiatus filled with the joyous, albeit time-consuming, immersion into family life, has crafted a record that reflects just that. Here is a woman that doesn’t have the time to beat around the bush with cute one-liners and overproduced pap. Herring’s songs are straightforward tales, effectively conveyed by tight, yet loose feeling, country/folk instrumentation in the vein of Wilco’s more recent Sky Blue Sky or Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline. All tracks suitable for airplay Reviewed by Trevor Edmonds : February 2008JOANNA NEWSOM
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PALEFACE
I Just Wanna Play Guitar
Steppin' In It
Simple Tunes For Troubled Times
RAY LA MONTAGNE
Gossip in the Grain
RobinElla
Solace for the Lonely
Jim White
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus OST
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