Kate Campbell: Blues and Lamentations.(Sound Recording Review)

From: Sing Out! | Date: December 22, 2006| Author: Regenstreif, Mike | Copyright information

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Kate Campbell's recent releases include a collection of classic country covers and two CDs of re-recordings of songs from her early albums. On Blues and Lamentations, though, she reminds us that she is still one of the finest and most literate of Southern singer-songwriters. Campbell combines strains of country, folk, Gospel and Dixieland jazz, all with an underpinning of the blues, to capture the emotions and concern...

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