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MUSIC<br />
SONIC PRECISION & SOPHISTICATED STYLING<br />
Authentic, majestic, and<br />
deeply emotional, the interpretation<br />
does Fricker<br />
proud.<br />
The quietly exquisite<br />
“You’re Still Gone” is the<br />
other track Colvin and<br />
Earle hit out of the park.<br />
The two co-wrote it with<br />
Julie Miller. As the wife<br />
and artistic partner of the<br />
album’s producer Buddy<br />
Miller, she is an idiosyncratic<br />
singer-songwriter<br />
that always stamps her<br />
work with a vulnerable<br />
and breathtaking touch.<br />
The song is a delicately<br />
rendered portrait of abject<br />
heartache. The message<br />
is stark—a loved<br />
one has gone and isn’t<br />
coming back. It’s music<br />
so bald in its loss, it<br />
could easily bog down<br />
in sentimentalism. But<br />
Colvin and Earle wisely<br />
underplay it, singing softly<br />
in unison and giving the<br />
words room to breathe.<br />
©Photo by Alexandra Valenti<br />
Yes, other songs on<br />
this rootsy album are well<br />
worth the listener’s time,<br />
including the blues stew<br />
“You’re Right, I’m Wrong”<br />
and gospel outing “Tell<br />
Moses.” But Colvin and<br />
Earle conjure serious<br />
magic on “You Were On<br />
My Mind” and “You’re Still<br />
Gone.” And that sort of<br />
alchemy is alone worth<br />
the price of admission.<br />
—Chrissie Dickinson<br />
www.martinlogan.com<br />
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Truth in Sound<br />
68<br />
TONE AUDIO NO.78<br />
AUGUST 2016 69
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