Bait and Switch
© Copyright-Nannette Alleman
(678277033627)
Record Label: CamelToad
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Imagine a scrap metal heap. A steamy compost pile. A splintery porch swing. Green gutter water. A pack of flea-ridden ferals. Best put, Spigot burps out an urban-rural junkyard mishmash o' tunes pulled outta the clutter of American Roots.
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Great eclectic stuff
author: Edward C. Goodstein
This album is kinda contrast to Alleman's 'ol timey' stuff with band Flat Mountain Girls. But
just as compelling I think. It's sort of evocative free form country-- indeed almost a cross between Nanci Griffith, Rickie Lee Jones and
The Gourds. The songs create an odd sorta song cycle but get under your skin if you let them. Her voice is high and distinctive, maybe an acquired taste but I sure have acquired it. If beatnik bluegrass were a category, this trio would
be right at the top.
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