2014-04-28
Singer/Songwriter Radney Foster is hard to classify. First impression: country singer. He's got the accent, but not quite a twang, he's from Texas, and he's had country hits. Click on his website, and the title bar says "Americana Artist". Some of the cuts on Everything I Should Have Said will stand by themselves as folk. He takes things slow, and contemplative and mostly quiet. He mostly sings wistful love songs while strumming his guitar.
One exception is "Not In My House", an uptempo electrified cry for tolerance and a declaration that he won't use the f-word (and in fact, the word is not used in the song, you have to pay close attention to puzzle it out).
--Gerald Etkind
AMONG THE OAK & ASH
Among the Oak & Ash
BUDDY & JULIE MILLER
WRITTEN IN CHALK
Devil in a Woodpile
In Your Lonesome Town
JENNY LEWIS with THE WATSON TWINS
Rabbit Fur Coat
The Brass Kings
Washboard Rope Guitar
RON SEXSMITH
Long Player Late Bloomer
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