2008-02-19
Caroline Herring : Lantana : Signature Sounds Being altogether unfamiliar with Caroline Herring, I was pleasantly surprised after listening to her latest offering, Lantana. The Georgia-based singer/songwriter, who, with the release of this record, recently came off a self-induced hiatus filled with the joyous, albeit time-consuming, immersion into family life, has crafted a record that reflects just that. Here is a woman that doesn’t have the time to beat around the bush with cute one-liners and overproduced pap. Herring’s songs are straightforward tales, effectively conveyed by tight, yet loose feeling, country/folk instrumentation in the vein of Wilco’s more recent Sky Blue Sky or Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline. All tracks suitable for airplay Reviewed by Trevor Edmonds : February 2008PUTNAM SMITH
We Could Be Beekeepers
SMALL TOWN SON
Burning Good Rubber
BRIANNA LEA PRUETT
GYPSEY BELLS
ELVIS PERKINS
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
REGINA SPEKTOR
Begin to Hope
THE ZOSO SISTERS
Adieu False Heart
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