2005-03-01
Impressive.The songs have a sort of distant, aged feel to them, as if they'd be playing when you walked into an abandoned building in a ghost town. They're like an old-fashioned folk-pop, if there is such a thing.
Cleverly, the record is dedicated to "the last of the independent & open format community radio". How did he know we'd go for that?
12 original tunes and covers that include Brian Wilson's "You Still Believe in Me", The Carter Family's "Oh Take Me Back" and a hushed album-closing take on J.S. Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier".
Erin McKeown
We Will Become Like Birds
BLUE RODEO
Small Miracles
THE BAPTIST GENERALS
Jackleg Devotional to the Heart
Urban Acoustic Coalition
The Habit
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
Red Dog Tracks
Susan Cowsill
Just Believe It
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