LABEL: PROPER RECORDS
This inevitable family affair by one of America’s most acclaimed musical dynasties spans three generations, and spiritually four on the epic 12-minute title track, originally written in the early ’70s for Jimmy Webb’s grandfather. The roll call here includes Webb’s sons Christiaan, Justin, James and Cornelius, who together contribute several new compositions, his father Bob and his sadly underused youngest daughter, Camila. The rich and varying textures of all their vocals are best realised on ‘Highwayman’, just one in number of Jimmy Webb standards given a new perspective on this very welcomed and long overdue slice of family Americana.
7/10
DOWNLOAD: ‘HIGHWAYMAN’, ‘COTTONWOOD FARM’, ‘WHERE THE UNIVERSES ARE’
FOR FANS OF: GRAM PARSONS, WILCO
This inevitable family affair by one of America’s most acclaimed musical dynasties spans three generations, and spiritually four on the epic 12-minute title track, originally written in the early ’70s for Jimmy Webb’s grandfather. The roll call here includes Webb’s sons Christiaan, Justin, James and Cornelius, who together contribute several new compositions, his father Bob and his sadly underused youngest daughter, Camila. The rich and varying textures of all their vocals are best realised on ‘Highwayman’, just one in number of Jimmy Webb standards given a new perspective on this very welcomed and long overdue slice of family Americana.
7/10
DOWNLOAD: ‘HIGHWAYMAN’, ‘COTTONWOOD FARM’, ‘WHERE THE UNIVERSES ARE’
FOR FANS OF: GRAM PARSONS, WILCO
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