Music / blues

Common ground : Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin play and sing the songs of Big Bill Broonzy


Reviews (2)


AllMusic

2014

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Mark Deming

2014

"It's clear the Alvins love this music and know how to mess with it in just the right way, and they don't treat Broonzy's tales of all manner of wild living like museum pieces, but as vital, living bits of American music, and that's how they sound on this album".


Living blues

2014 June

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Mary Katherine Aldin

2014 June

"They've blown the cobwebs off these old songs and brought their own respectful but not slavishly imitative attitude to the party ... Harmonies, melodies, alternatinglead vocals and their instrumental all show the effects of a lifetime creating and interpreting music together".