Why not in the Netherlands???
author: Alexander
Sometimes it's hard to live in the Netherlands. We've got some great musicians too but for this kind of music you've got to live in Canada... The rawness, purity and poetry is unique. Chapeau and keep on writing songs.. Also listen to Bob lanois' record Snake road
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author: yanick
The cover looks like something from "Deliverance", but listening to it didn't make my bum sore at all. This is a great album!
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You knew what you were expecting before you hit play, and got it.
author: John Madjeruh from Grimsby.
The only thing missing was smelling the smoke fron the wood stove and listening to Bob & Tom tune up. Real poetry from two great artists. Raw and stripped down, you're either gonna get this album or not. Maybe it helps I'm from Hamilton and know where Fennell Square is but I doubt it. Anyone anywhere should be able to appreciate this soulful body of work. Can't wait for Vol. II
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Pure, raw and unpolished - music for the soul
author: Maureen Dagg
After seeing Tom Wilson live in Almonte, I was searching for more of his raw, soulful sound. I was happy to find The Shack Recordings, Vol.I, and I am glad to say that it delivers in spades! This CD is NOT polished and over-produced! It's the next best thing to having these talented artists right there in the room - just bare bones music from where it counts. Poetry about and from lives lived in the fullest. Tom, Bob and friends have produced a CD that will live long and well, though you won't be hearing much of this one on run-of-the-mill radio! "Vol.I" gives us the tantalizing promise of more to come...
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