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  • Summary: The seventh full-length release for the Iowa singer-songwriter wrote postcards to Calexico, Chad Cromwell, Mason Jennings, Mark Knopfler, Mike Lewis, David Lindley, The Pines, and Carrie Rodriguez, asking them to help collaborate on some of her songs.
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  • Record Label: Lustre Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Mar 14, 2017
    80
    What could have easily become a motley collection of showboating duets is in fact a remarkably cohesive record featuring a number of fine instrumental augmentations to Brown's thoughtful songs.
  2. Mar 14, 2017
    80
    It has an honesty to it; a realness.
  3. Mar 14, 2017
    70
    Brown’s postcards function best when both sender and addressee engage each other as people as well as artists.
  4. Uncut
    Apr 20, 2017
    70
    The resulting appearances from the likes of Calexico, Mark Knopfler, Carrie Rodriguez and David Lindley are subtle and empathetic, blending easily into Brown's spare, atmospheric Americana. [Jun 2017, p.24]
  5. 60
    In Postcards Pieta Brown has created a trip through her most personal and revealing moments with an honesty and confidence most wouldn’t even attempt.