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Jul 26, 2011Tara Nevins, a member of Donna the Buffalo, released her debut solo album, Mule to Ride, in 1999, and only in 2011, 12 years later, got around to her second, Wood and Stone. It's been worth the wait, however.
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Jul 26, 2011Some of the more purely country tracks are less memorable than the others, but overall this is a strong record, and one which should raise Nevins's profile.
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Jul 26, 2011The narrow range of Nevins's voice limits its character somewhat, but is still compelling when combined with her mountain fiddle on a song such as "Wood and Stone", whose crisp swamp-funk country backbeat brings pep to its message of tradition and heritage.