Small town heroes

"Med rødder i Puerto Rico og ungdomsår tilbragt i Lower East Sides punkmiljø er Segarra imidlertid et godt stykke fra titlens Lilleby-helte. En rambler i ordets egentlige forstand, som på sin nye plade erklærer sig "happy in a Southern bar / in the corner playing my guitar." Med begavede tekster og vedkommende vokal bevæger vi os her hinsides stiløvelsen og lander i stedet med et stykke stærk, samtidig americana".

"With Small Town Heroes, Segarra proves herself one of the most compelling stylists in a folk revival full of suspicious acts either too beholden to tradition or too uncritical to make much of it. Perhaps the biggest difference between Hurray and its peers is attitude: Segarra understands that these styles don't need to be revived, so she's not playing dress-up and isn't concerned with projecting any sense of rustic authenticity. Instead, she understands that these old sounds still thrum somewhere deep in the American subconscious".

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