2008-10-20
Accomplishment apparently doesn’t feel ordinary anymore and there is need to find the road back home. It seems Ben may find a conventional life in Effington on his Way To Normal Illinois. He is perplexed that now his affluence results in Free Coffee when he could have really used it more when he was broke. Ben Folds third solo release finds him continuing on his path melodramatic lyricism and key banging melodies which is not so un-normal for him. –While LeeKRISTIN HERSCH
Learn To Sing Like A Star
Paco
This is Where We Live
BEN HARPER AND THE RELENTLESS SEVEN
Live From the Montreal International Jazz Festival
JOAN OSBORNE
LITTLE WILD ONE
Barrence Whitfield with Tom Russell
Hillbilly Voodoo
WARM IN THE WAKE
Gold Dust Trail
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