Borderline (feat Love Canon & Stuart Duncan) (7:36)
Saro Jane (2:12)
Train Is Moving (3:13)
Seasons (4:17)
Cantie Reel (3:20)
Available (3:00)
Hurricanes (acoustic) (3:42)
Review: Multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Rebecca Frazier has plenty of accoladed to her name. Some, like her being rhetorical first woman to grace the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, are commendable but mainly serve to emphasise how backwards the music press often still is. Others, like her 2018 'Guitar Performer of the Year' award from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America, speak volumes about how talented she is. On Boarding Windows In Paradise she's making a serious case for recognition well outside the bluegrass scene. The guitar work throughout is nothing sort of spectacular and - in many moments - mind-boggling in its pace and complexity. The lyrics are delivered with the heartfelt sincerity of a true great, and her personality shines on every number. Exceptional stuff, to put it mildly.
Review: The long-awaited new album of psychedelia-tinged country from US singer-songwriter Edith Frost. It's her first album from the Texas native since 2005 and continues her long-standing partnership with the esteemed Drag City label, who she started her solo career with in 1996, after brief stints in bands The Holler Sisters and The Marfa Lights. Despite her lengthy absence, sonically she sounds on the form of her life: 'Nothing Comes Around' is as cool as anything Cate Le Bon or Aldous Harding have released recently. And 'Hold On' reflects Frost's taste for atypical vocal arrangements, which adds a striking touch to the otherwise more orthodox Americana feel.
Review: Jake Xerxes Fussell's story is fascinating. Born in Columbus, Georgia, his father, Fred C. Fussell, was a folklorist, curator and photographer, a man whose life was dedicated to documenting life, as seen through the lens of human experience. We can't think of many other ways you'd grow up with the keen observational skills of Fussell Jr, who was already studying and playing with older musicians by the time he turned teenager, including blues doyen Precious Bryant. Between then and now he's put out four studio albums, released vernacular Southern Music with sonic historian George Mitchell and another folklorist, the award-winning Art Rosenbaum. Now, here we are, LP five, and it's another quiet and softly spoken hit in our opinion. Featuring appearances from Robin Holcomb, Joan Shelley, and Blake Mills, it's a captivating, rich, tender, honeyed and reflective folk delight.
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