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".
TIM O'BRIEN
Chameleon
BRUCE COCKBURN
Life Short Call Now
Dotan
7 Layers
NEKO CASE
MIDDLE CYCLONE
Dar Williams
The Beauty of the Rain
Rollie Tussing And The Midwest Territory Band
Rollie Tussing And The Midwest Territory Band
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