Return in Kind
Released: Feb 22, 2005
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Released: Feb 22, 2005
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When singer/songwriters cite their influences, they usually run the gamut of performers. However, paying a sincere tribute to these influences in a full-length covers album is often a tricky idea...
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Leaving Traces: Songs 1994-2004
Released: Sep 20, 2004
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Released: Sep 20, 2004
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This extensive 18 track, nearly 80-minute compilation is an excellent and much needed summary of the plaintive singer/songwriter's rather turbulent career. An American who is much better known in...
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Rain, Wind & Speed
Released: Dec 10, 1996
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Released: Dec 10, 1996
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This album is inoffensive and fine for creating a lonesome on your ownsome mood. It will leave the casual or inattentive listener with the curious sensation of hearing 11 variations on the same...
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Field Recordings
Released: 1997
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Released: 1997
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A collection of "demos, dirges, out-takes, take-outs, songs proper and song fragments, all recorded in different times in different basements, living rooms, altered states, and state of the art...
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The Sun Rises Here
Released: July 1997
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Released: July 1997
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Some pedestrian fare underpinned by threadbare changes here. Matters improve significantly on the mischievous/celebratory "Dandelion Wine" and the pleasantly specific "The New Jenny Jenkins." The...
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Basement Dreams
Released: November 1998
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Released: November 1998
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If planning to investigate the work of Neal Casal, start here. The album, although a trifle long, is shot through with a genuine and varied musicality. There's a very real sense of play; explicitly...
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Anytime Tomorrow
Released: 2000
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Released: 2000
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A slight step back from Basement Dreams, although more slickly produced. Some of the songs follow a predictable trajectory, and to these ears there are obvious echoes and borrowing from other...
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Fade Away Diamond Time
Released: October 1995
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Released: October 1995
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The story of Fade Away Diamond Time is as rocky as one of the roads in Casal's rural country-rock songs. After a number of years as a struggling musician, including a stint as guitarist in the...
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