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The Revolution Has Not Been Televised

Advantages: Great Country Music
Disadvantages: Not Great If You Don't Like Country

...as the first song “The Revolution Starts…” opens up, a dirty guitar drives through this great piece of country rock calling the people to start the revolution. It is great and uplifting I love it man….. “Home to Huston” is about a soldier in Basra hoping to get back home whilst dealing with the reality of his situation. This to me is what great music is about meaningful lyrics that are current; musically it is in more of a traditional blues/country ...
...review finishes off with “The Revolution Starts Now” which is the full version of the opening track so I do not really need to go over it again. I love this album as it is uplifting and inspiring with an important message. It is also trying to reach people from all parts of the political spectrum, which is something we are all bad at. If you can’t reach somebody then you can’t take them with you to the Promised Land (1). (1) That last line has ...

Champ666 21.03.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Revolution Starts Now, The - Steve Earle

Jess Klein certainly Draws You Near

Advantages: Soulful and very expressive vocals, several excellent tracks
Disadvantages: Not a household name so few will have heard of her or want to take a risk on her

...seventh solo album. Draw Them Near 2000 saw the release of Jess Klein’s first CD for Rykodisc and her third in total – “Draw Them Near” receiving plenty of critical acclaim and even a reasonable review in “USA Today”, with Ryko’s head labelling her the “anti-Britney Spears” due to the artist being completely un-manufactured. Whilst she’d tried to escape the “little girl voice” shackles she’d displayed on “Wishes Well Disguised” and the “girl ...
...Jess Klein seems to draw inspiration from many different sources and the same is true when trying to compare her with other artists – “Goodbye, Goodbye” sees her abandoning the more traditionally-flavoured alt-country tropes of the opening track and taking on a much more purposeful, rocking tone. Here, Jess sounds like a cross between Suzanna Hoffs and Stevie Nicks, the arrangement being straight-up rock but interlaced with gospel undertones. Clearly ...

graeme10 28.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Draw Them Near - Jess Klein

Can't Fight the Moonlight

Advantages: Nice songs, great voice, duets
Disadvantages: None

...win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Since her debut, Rimes has won many major industry awards, which include two Grammys, three ACMs, one CMA, twelve Billboard Music Awards, and one American Music award. In addition, Rimes has also released ten studio albums and four compilation albums through her record label of 13 years, Asylum-Curb, and placed over 40 singles on American and international charts since 1996. She has sold over 50 million albums ...
...with touselled hair. The Best of LeAnn Rimes is a greatest hits album. It was released in 2004. It is the international edition of LeAnn Rimes Greatest Hits, released in the US in 2003. The album peaked at #2 on the UK charts, becoming her highest-charting album there. Worldwide, album has sold over 2.5 million copies. One of my favourite tracks on the album is the first song, Can't Fight the Moonlight. I think this is probably because it was featured ...

Spottydog11 06.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Best Of LeAnn Rimes, The - LeAnn Rimes

Stronger - Carlene Carter

Advantages: Excellent vocals, some really catchy songs, great instruments
Disadvantages: Occasional hints of Shania Twain which scare me

...Change Your Heart 4. Bring Love 5. I'm So Cool 6. Spider Lace 7. On to You 8. Judgment Day 9. Break my Little Heart in Two 10. It Takes One to Know You 11. Light of Your Love 12. Stronger ...

fizzytom 04.12.2009 · Read full review
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Rain and Fire in the Sky

Advantages: Killer title track, strong vocals, oustanding guitar and banjo playing
Disadvantages: The saccharine factor on a couple of tracks might leave a bitter aftertaste

There are two things that are guaranteed to evoke memories and they are music and smells. My father loved many types of music but what he was always drawn to was a man who could play a guitar while singing. Not an electric guitar however - for my father it had to be acoustic and if the performer could play 12 string then so much the better. So while he had LPs by Nat "King" Cole, Perry Como, The Seekers and Jerry Vale, the records he played the most ...
...Who is John Denver? Born in New Mexico in 1943 as Henry John Deutschendorf Jnr, Denver changed his name in honour of the state capital of Colorado - a place which inspired him creatively, emotionally and politically. Denver discovered the guitar at the age of 12 and from then he was destined to be a singer, songwriter and performer, and he cut his teeth on the folk circuit in the US, particularly on the east coast. His first success was as a ...

rosebud2001 02.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rocky Mountain High - John Denver