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2010-09-17
I think I've found the godfather of local artist Drew Nelson. Veteran singer-songwriter sings thoughtful, contemplative numbers that hang together thematically - and while Drew helps us understand our own backyards here in Michigan, Smith describes the broad and sometimes desolate expanse of West Texas ("75 Miles of Nothing" is an apt thesis statement). He's performed this entire set on stage with a band and an orchestra, as if it were a long symphony movement. "Sierra Diablo,""Bull by the Horns,""Don't It Go to Show" and "Over My Beating Heart" are the most immediately approachable songs, the easiest to pull out of the intended start-to-finish opus. 09/10 MJVD F-Americana (Texas)
KELLY FLINT
Drive All Night
LAST GOOD TOOTH
Not Without Work and Rest
BRANDI CARLILE
Live At Benaroya Hall With The Seattle Symphony
Various Artists
Our Side of Town: A Red House Records 25th Anniversary Collection
Cortney Tidwell
Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up
NATASHA BORZILOVA
Balancing Act
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