Rating: - See them live!!!
The CDs are great, but I see them every year at Rhythm and Roots in Rhode Island and they never disappoint!
Rating: - Either you get it or you don't
Donna the Buffalo is a great example of a whole being greater than the sum of its parts. Jeb Puryear's winding guitar lines are unremarkable if you listen too closely, but are perfect sonic accents when you let it be part of the whole. Puryear's nasally, laid-back voice, with its lazy enunciation, lackadaisical intonation, and limited range, is the perfect foil to Tara Nevins' chirpy voice; an entire album of either voice might become tiring, but alternating their warm voices gives each one the opportunity to be welcomed back like an old friend. The relentlessly positive outlook of the lyrics, with their hippy-dippy platitudes of toleration and acceptance, are set in such catchy, sometimes sumptuous, melodies that the cumulative effect is uplifting. All the parts fit together into a wonderful illustration of the pantheist universe that seems to be the wellspring of every song.
Rating: - Fun CD from a Fun Band
Tara Nevins voice, plus a talented multi-instrumentalist, vocalist band make this CD a great listen. Even better are their many concerts. I saw them in Charlottesville, VA in November 2000, and they were at their best. They were at anyone's best.
Sounds a bit like Grateful Dead meets 10,000 Maniacs (which I think was an actual billing about 10-15 yrs ago!)
Rating: - Good Stuff
This album makes me feel good. The only reason I dont give it 5 stars is that I would love to hear Tara Nevins sing all the songs. The others do very good, but I love her voice and her song writng.Don't compare it to the Grateful Dead or the String Cheese Incedent. Love it for its own merits.
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