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Published: 2011/08/12

by Jewly Hight

Grayson Capps: The Lost Cause Minstrels

Royal Potato Family

It may or may not be a coincidence that songs grappling with a working musician’s fears—receding youth while stardom doesn’t seem to get any closer (see “Yes You Are” and “Rock N Roll”)—appear on an album that’s also Grayson Capps’ most polished to date. Either way, the addition of organ, horns, gospel-y female backing vocalists and reverb turns out to be a good thing. The New Orleans-steeped literary roots rocker hasn’t gone countrypolitan; he’s just taken his down-home game to a new level, and illuminated his vocal gifts in the process. It’s clear from “Coconut Moonshine”—a trademark colorful Capps character study—and a mighty fine cover of Taj Mahal’s “Annie’s Lover” that he’s got a feel for country-blues. He’s also one of roots music’s most underrated and well-rounded entertainers.

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Weuland October 1, 2012, 07:51:42

Have to add my own list. :-DThe Knife – Silent ShoutHot Chip – The WarningJoanna Newsom – YSGnarls Barkley – St ElsewhereYo La Tengo – IANAOYAIWBYANeko Case – Fox ConfessorThom Yorke – EraserTV On The Radio – Return To…Danielson – ShipsThe Gossip – Standing In..Feels like I’m forgetting stmeohing though.. :)martin – sweden