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- Summary: After his Grammy-winning collaboration with Emmylou Harris, the singer-songwriter returns with his 14th self-produced solo release.
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- Record Label: New West
- Genre(s): Country
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| Fever on the Bayou | |
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| Jole blon Louisiana queen Brought up on the bayou Bustin' at the seams She moves me She says I move her too Once we get it started Ain't nothing we... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Apr 16, 2014Like most projects released by Americana singer/songwriter or heritage acts, Tarpaper Sky is best enjoyed like a book, in its entirety as opposed to a chapter here and there.
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Apr 11, 2014This is just vintage Crowell, which is to say that Tarpaper Sky is an essential record by one of the best.
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Apr 11, 2014Tarpaper Sky finds him relaxed and confident in his craft.
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Apr 11, 2014Throughout, Crowell’s versatile, impassioned voice is in fine fettle, a confident mix of goofiness and longing, anticipation and excitement, sadness and sentimentality, as if he’s just now entering a new prime. He might well be.
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Apr 14, 2014This is Crowell at his best: focused, balanced, clever, at times profound. It's a welcome return to form.
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Q MagazineMay 20, 2014The Long Journey Home and God, I'm Missing You might look back at the past, but Crowell's best years are right now. [Jun 2014, p.107]
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Apr 17, 2014There’s a tendency for Crowell’s music to be a tad too literal from time to time and a few tracks suffer from this perspective. The hits outweigh the misses, though.
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