“BlackTop Road” a top pick by Oxford American!
I was so honored to see my new CD (out July 14) featured by Oxford American “The Southern Magazine of Good Writing”. Here’s what they said:
“Angela Easterling, we now know, is a quietly plaintive singer who rewards attentive listening. Her BlackTop Road, with its mandolins, dobros, lap steels, peddle steels, fiddles, etc., is out-and-out “alt. country,” a genre no longer in vogue but still kicking. A lot of the songs here sound like they’ve been around for years—that’s a compliment—including the sweetly yearning cover of a certain Wannabe Southern Man’s “Helpless.” Produced by the agile and sensitive Will Kimbrough.”
http://oxfordamerican.org/articles/2009/jun/11/editors-picks-music/