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- Record Label: Bordello
- Release Date: Jan 12, 2010
- Summary: The singer-songwriter from Oklahoma releases his first album in four years.
- Record Label: Bordello
- Genre(s): Blues, Singer-Songwriter
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Powerful and smart above all else, Enlightenment may just be Hubbard's finest record, and it's certainly the new decade's first essential album.
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This leathery roots record contains music that bridges the gap between frail flesh and powerful spirit ruggedly, sensually, and honestly, making it a work of high art.
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Like Lucinda Williams, every blessed bon mot Hubbard drawls sounds lowdown--and eternal.
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Hubbard may sound ragged and patchy beyond his years at times, but there is no ignoring the fact that A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C) is a damn fine record from a genuine Texas songwriting institution.
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UncutIt's a gruff set of semi-apocalypic country-blues songs with twangy guitar and all manners of noises. [Apr 2010, p.96]
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Q MagazineIts grit and graft will keep his cult following happy. [Apr 2010, p.112]
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