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Detroit Free Press review of "The Art of Virtue"
7/1/2005
Adrienne Young & Little Sadie -- "The Art of Virtue" (Addiebelle)
THREE STARS
out of four stars
Young's new album is even more tuneful and engaging than last year's well-received "Plow to the End of the Row," and if it weren't for the occasional politicized line touting peace, brotherhood and Earth stewardship, much of her material would be easy to mistake for tunes carried three centuries ago from the glens and dales of the British Isles to the remote hollows of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Homespun melodies ("My Sin Is Pride") and lyrics about rustic characters ("Pretty Ella Arkansas") are far removed from the blandness and tedious introspection that plague much contemporary folk music, and, in the disc's closing moments, Young demonstrates just how broad her musical vision is: A bluegrass-tinged version of the gospel standard "Farther Along" is followed by a cover of the Grateful Dead's "Brokedown Palace."
By Greg Crawford, Free Press staff writer
THREE STARS
out of four stars
Young's new album is even more tuneful and engaging than last year's well-received "Plow to the End of the Row," and if it weren't for the occasional politicized line touting peace, brotherhood and Earth stewardship, much of her material would be easy to mistake for tunes carried three centuries ago from the glens and dales of the British Isles to the remote hollows of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Homespun melodies ("My Sin Is Pride") and lyrics about rustic characters ("Pretty Ella Arkansas") are far removed from the blandness and tedious introspection that plague much contemporary folk music, and, in the disc's closing moments, Young demonstrates just how broad her musical vision is: A bluegrass-tinged version of the gospel standard "Farther Along" is followed by a cover of the Grateful Dead's "Brokedown Palace."
By Greg Crawford, Free Press staff writer
