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"I Love My Honey" from Float Downstream
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"Float Downstream" from Float Downstream
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(4) EVIE LADIN, Float Downstream (self-released). Banjo player from Oakland, CA. I was born there, didn't stay but six months, but...The label on the front says she's also in the Stairwell Sisters, which is a decent sign, and guest artists include Mike Marshall (who co-produced), Lloyd Maines, and Suzy Thompson. Those are the familiar names, anyhow. Yeah, she's got some spark. That second song, "Romeo," following the opening clawhammer "I Love My Honey," heads dangerously close toward adult contemporary, and yet she can write, and she can sing, and she pulls back from the saccharine brink with just enough wit. Good sign. I keep turning it up to hear it across the room, but I do wish she'd get up and go past the midtempo soon. OK. Maybe she won't, but there's still a sharp intelligence here that I like, so I'll toss it in the truck and see how it wears. 02/08/10 >> go there
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