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Slaid Cleaves
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Broke Down
Slaid Cleaves
Price $ 13.99
Singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves builds a bridge between New
England, where he grew up, and Texas, where he now lives. Cleaves's voice often affects a
yearning quality reminiscent of traditional Irish music, and his songs are populated by the sort of
tragic characters familiar to old folk ballads. In "Cold and Lonely," a poor farmer grieves for his
dead wife and children, while the narrative "Breakfast in Hell" is a Canadian logger's answer to
"John Henry." The suffering takes a more personal turn in "One Good Year," where Cleaves
laments, "It's a bitter wind, in your face every day / It's the little sins, that wear your soul away."
But just when the downcast mood begins to grow oppressive, Cleaves comes back with the
defiant "Bring It On" and the redemptive "This Morning I Am Born Again," featuring Woody
Guthrie's amazing lyrics set to new music.
--Rick Mitchell
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Life's Other Side
Slaid Cleaves
Price $ 15.19
russell ferguson:
I heard Broke Down for the first time on KFAN - Texas Rebel Radio and thought that this is the
best example of song writing that I have heard in a long time. The rest of the album is definitely
reflective of what song writing should be.
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No Angel Knows
Slaid Cleaves
Price $ 13.99
Slaid Cleaves's
way of writing and singing a song is a Godsend to those of us who can't quite get behind urban
folk in the way we wish we could. His voice is direct, gentle and a little country, sincere and
clear. The production on his CDs is wonderful. His songs are honest and descriptive. He
reminds me a bit of Tom Dundee and a bit of Greg Brown but he's not like either of them. He's
bright and sensitive and not particularly angst-ridden, as far as I can tell, and that's _OK_, and I
recommend him very, very hightly to you.
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Promise/Looks From The Road
Slaid Cleaves
Price $ 15.19
22 more great songs from this talented "Yankee" turned Texan. Yep!
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