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.Dave Barnes
What We Want, What We Get
MENAHAN STREET BAND
Make the Road by Walking
JASON MRAZ
We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
KEN WILL MORTON
Slow Down
GLENN BULTHUIS & THE TONEDEAFS
Greatest Hits, 1977-2007
Counting Crows
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
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