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".
Streets of Laredo
Wild
Peter Himmelman
Mision of My Soul: The Best of
ANA EGGE
Lazy Days
BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS
Kings and Queens
Various Artists
Sail Away-The Songs of Randy Newman
Jason Crosby
Cryptologic
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