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71

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  • Summary: This is the sophomore release for the folk collaboration between Saul Rose, Benji Kirkpatrick, and Paul Sartin.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Dec 17, 2013
    80
    It’s a breath of air... and, mostly, that air is crystalline fresh.
  2. 80
    Fans of Led Zep III should take a thoughtful interest.
  3. Dec 17, 2013
    80
    A no-nonsense, classy set.
  4. Dec 17, 2013
    70
    Each presents a very traditional, very organically energetic arrangement of a folk standard performed by undeniably contemporary musicians--emphasizing just how current many of these songs have come to sound.
  5. Uncut
    Dec 17, 2013
    60
    This will make a happy memento of a rollicking show, but set against the invention and distinctive voices elsewhere in folk, it;s rather marking time. [May 2013, p.71]
  6. Q Magazine
    Dec 17, 2013
    60
    Broken Down Gentlemen is unshowy and classily-executed folk. [Apr 2013, p.101]