2008-03-05
In Giving Up the Ghost, you’ll hear the influence of four out of five genres WYCE plays. Folk, blues, jazz, rock—all in one CD, all seamlessly integrated. Jackie Greene’s experienced, talented backing band and good production make the CD that much smoother and more interesting with each listen. As a songwriter, Jackie Greene is competent and maturing. What a couple songs lack in lyrical brilliance, they make up for in heart and energy (“Like a Ball and Chain”), and they certainly don’t make the record falter. A song like “Downhearted” gives one the impression that Greene is world weary at too young an age, although the album offers hints of hope at unexpected times. Everything written about Jackie Green seems to include the words “rising star.” Writers will continue to use the words in reviews of Giving Up the Ghost.JOSEPH ARTHUR AND THE LONELY ASTRONAUTS
Temporary People
BEASTIE BOYS
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Luna
Rendezvous
MENAHAN STREET BAND
Make the Road by Walking
PRETENDERS
Break up the Concrete
The Blue Nile
High
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