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Sep 20, 2017Wright sings with the dignity of authenticity. Henry offers spacious, formal, mostly acoustic arrangements for her rich fibrous voice. The title of the album accurately works as a description of the whole as well as serving as the specific track.
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Sep 20, 2017The album is a sort of homecoming but not a return to basics. As these songs of experience prove, she’s grown far too much for this album to feel like anything but a fresh new chapter, even as it draws a connection to all the places she’s been.
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Sep 20, 2017A potent brew.
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Sep 20, 2017The result is nourishing, a lulling yet ringing affirmation of Wright's deeply rooted connection to the South and its music.
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Feb 26, 2018Wright relies mostly on covers — she’s only credited with co-writing the final track “All the Way Here”--but her choice of classic material--Dylan’s “Every Grain of Sand,” Allen Toussaint’s Southern Nights,” the timeless standard “Stars Fell on Alabama, as well as newer, but equally impressive choices by k.d. lang, Rose Cousins and Ray Charles--testify to her ability to make the material her own.
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MojoOct 2, 2017The material and performances here are uniformly strong, affirming that Wright is now a recording artist of significant stature. [Nov 2017, p.98]