Airs and graces
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Reviews (2)
No depression
d. 6. Oct. 2021
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John Amen
d. 6. Oct. 2021
"Mostly a solo guitar venture, Laurel Premo's new album Golden Loam is an austere set compared to 2019's The Iron Trios, which highlighted the Michigan-based artist's multi-instrumental prowess and skills as a collaborator. While Premo's latest release underscores her talents for arrangement and composition, listeners may find themselves wishing for more substantial stylistic variations and missing the lively interplays of her previous work ... A couple additional vocals as well as a fiddle part or two would have put less sustained focus on her guitar work, which is alternately impressive and repetitive".
Songlines
2022 January/February
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Doug DeLoach
2022 January/February
"Top of the world" - "Ambient blues from a rising roots and folk star: Using fingerstyle electric guitar and lap steel, Michigan-based multiinstrumentalist Premo plumbs layers of harmonic ambience, granular textural effects and the irresistible sway of the blues while staying true to a melodic core derived from original compositions and arrangements of traditional roots/folk repertoire ... A distinctly adventurous and enthralling listening experience".