Album Reviews

Railroad Earth

2010-09-24

The new self-titled album (on One Haven Music) by Railroad Earth, will be released on October 12th. Featuring 9 tracks blending elements of country rock with bluegrass, the album occupies the territory somewhere between Nickel Creek and Steve Earl. Railroad Earth’s press kit for the album mentions the movie “The Last Waltz” by The Band as a huge source of inspiration for their collective song writing strategy. Best Tracks: #2 Jupiter & the 119 FCC Naughty List: NONE Other points of interest: Railroad Earth website has an environmentalist blog http://railroadearth.com/category/the-forecast/ Who would like this cd: fans of John Mellencamp, Steve Earl, Nickel Creek

Quick Links:

all reviews | all folk reviews

More reviews tagged #Folk

reviewed 03/2013
SOUTHSSIDE JOHNNY & THE POOR FOOLS
SONGS FROM THE BARN
reviewed 04/2017
Amilia K Spicer
Wow And Flutter
reviewed 05/2004
Gail Ann Dorsey
I Used to Be
reviewed 02/2009
MISSY RAINES & THE NEW HIP
INSIDE OUT
reviewed 05/2008
The Brass Kings
Washboard Rope Guitar
reviewed 04/2014
BRADFORD LEE FOLK & THE BLUEGRASS PLAYBOYS
Somewhere Far Away

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.