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)BRADFORD LEE FOLK & THE BLUEGRASS PLAYBOYS
Somewhere Far Away
CARRIE NEWCOMER
Before and After
JOEL ARANT
To Whom it may Behoove
THE BALLROOM THIEVES
The Devil & The Deep
CHARLIE HADEN – Family & Friends
Rambling Boy
LEE HARVEY OSMOND
A QUIET EVIL
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