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Amazon.com's Best of 2000
If Jimmie Rodgers were alive today, he'd probably be making records like Blue Notes. Like the father of country music, Paul Burch makes music that's somber yet pleasing--like the freight trains that fired Rodgers's imagination in the '20s. Burch clearly cherishes traditional country music, but his third album is far from a revivalist's indulgence. As intimate as a hushed conversation, it clings to the memory long after the last notes have faded. --Steven Stolder
Amazon.com
The liner notes to Paul Burch's dazzling third album make a point to say it was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, "the home of country music." This is a pointed statement, for it simultaneously shows respect for the genre's history and disdain for its current state. It doesn't take very long for Burch to send shivers: his mournful cry 20 seconds into "Willpower," the stunning opening track, signals an emotional depth and resonance that few Nashville albums of recent vintage can match. Burch... read more