|

Click here to expand and collapse the player

Review

1

Tara Nevins, Wood and Stone

  • 2011
  • Label: SUGAR HILL

Less celebratory than her outdoorsy upstate New York world-folk band Donna the Buffalo, fiddling and accordion-squeezing singer-songwriter Nevins’s first solo set in a dozen years primarily communicates frustration at deceitful menfolk. She shares an eight-bar blues with Allison Moorer; gets some Lonesome Jubilee propulsion going in the family-tree-climbing title track; closes with a Van Morrison waltz. But things pick up most with the old-time-banjoed instrumental “Nothing Really” and in “Tennessee River,” an intense urban drone accruing psychedelic volume over five minutes.

Genres: Country / Folk   Tags: Tara Nevins

Comments 1 Comment

  1. Avatar Imagejamon May 18, 2013 at 11:09 am said:
    i love tara nevins!

eMusic Radio

5

Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

View All

eMusic Charts

eMusic Activity

  • 05.25.13 It's not just @BURGERRECORDS - we love lots of labels, and we've got free samplers of them all. Discover more today: http://t.co/vHWYBM35RE
  • 05.25.13 No really: how does a narcissist anti-Semite stay the most rabidly loved composer of all time? We investigate Wagner: http://t.co/9CymWm9oWR
  • 05.25.13 Laura Stevenson killing it pretty much right out of the gate at Bowery Ballroom. Perfect end to the week.
  • 05.24.13 This weekend we're talking about reunion tours that omit key members - who gets to claim a band's legacy? Join in: http://t.co/Wj8XyC9JNU
  • 05.24.13 #FridayFind: @StyrofoamDrone brings us Theo Verney, who plays every note of his storming psych himself. Check it out: http://t.co/08tZaKennI