These Paperboys are so extremely diverse, that they are difficult to classify. Folk? Alternative? World pop? Whatever! This is a wonderful cd that keeps you both bouncing and actually listening to the lyrics. This last part is hard for me, as I have trouble deciphering lyrics most of the time, but these are very intriguing and evocative, like 'Get Well Soon' really takes you into the hospital. Not the nicest place to be, so we hope you get well soon and get out. Really, this cd is going to be stuck in my cd player for a long time, and I hope it gets stuck in yours too!
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So might "Bones" McCoy have said when hearing "Callithump", the latest offering from Tom Landa's ever-reliable yet ever-developing Paperboys. Tom and the band have come a long way over the last - God! how many years? - and you could never accuse them of resting on their laurels. This new album comes as a shock if you were expecting another "Postcards", "Dilapidated" or "Ellenside" but on further listening you will hear traces of all of these - and more! Tom's collaboration with Joby Baker, bringing in more horn arrangements, is a master-stroke. Combining this with some special guest musicians, not least of whom is Alpha Yaya Diallo, whose nylon string guitar work perfectly complements Tom's more raw approach, and yet keeping the familiar yet essential elements of Geoffrey Kelly on flute and whistles, Kendel Carson on fiddle and the increasingly strong Brad Gillard, the Paperboys have once again come up with a rattlingly good CD. Catch them next time they are round your way - you'll have a callithumpin' great time!
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