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- Record Label: Mercyland Records
- Release Date: Apr 24, 2012
- Summary: Phil Madeira wrote 10 original songs that focus on religious faith and artists such as The Civil Wars, Buddy Miller, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, The North Mississippi Allstars, Emmylou Harris, and John Scofield contributed vocals on this release.
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- Record Label: Mercyland Records
- Genre(s): Country, Americana, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
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Jan 3, 2013Madeira's Mercyland offers an ecumenism that reaches across subgenres to coalesce a community bound by both faith and music.
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Jan 3, 2013Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us hits its stride once it takes an old-school turn courtesy of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, who kick up some serious string-band dust with a cover of the traditional gospel number "Lights In the Valley."
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Jan 3, 2013This album brings together a diverse lineup of artists for a collection that promotes the message that God has more to do with love than religion.
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Jan 3, 2013It is mainly charming.
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UncutJan 3, 2013It's a reflective set, enlivened by joyous offerings from The Civil Wars and Carolina Chocolate Drops. [Feb 2013, p.75]
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Q MagazineJan 3, 2013These new songs sound like they came straight from a traditional songbook. [Jan 2013, p.102]