{"id":487,"date":"2012-02-25T01:31:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T01:31:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-25T01:31:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T01:31:33","slug":"late-night-interlude-who-does-this-remind-you-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2012\/02\/25\/late-night-interlude-who-does-this-remind-you-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Night Interlude: Who Does This Remind You Of?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LauraThis is Laura Cantrell. She’s great. But the question is: who does she remind you of? It’s taken me a while to realize that her voice is identical to Suzanne Vega<\/a>. Of course, she’s a country singer, but the kind we liberals like—people who remind us of Nanci Griffith.<\/p>\n

Here first album, Not the Tremblin’ Kind<\/a>, is uneven; but its highs are great. In particular, the song The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter<\/a> is a treasure. She gets less country on the next two albums that are probably her best: When the Roses Bloom Again<\/a> (the title song is in the video below) and Humming by the Flowered Vine<\/a>. Trains and Boats and Planes<\/a> is an album of covers and as such is really good. Her most recent, Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music<\/a> is a return to her roots, but it doesn’t work very well for me.<\/p>\n

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I’m working on a few articles, but I’m too tired to actually write them. Anyway, I’m trying to pace myself.<\/p>\n