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It is her warmest, most ambitious, searing, and gutsy record yet.
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A wide-ranging sampler of female compositions on which Moorer mostly provides subtle touches and an abundance of cool presence.
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Moorer takes an approach opposite to Lynne’s on the stripped-down Lovin’, giving each track its own distinct personality: Gillian Welch’s 'Revelator' is droning folk rock, Simone’s 'I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl' an organ-led torch song, June Carter Cash’s 'Ring of Fire' a drum-looped twang-hop. They all deserve a little spotlight.
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Hiccups aside, there's something really brave and thoroughly punk rock about hearing her tackle Ma Rainey's 'Daddy Goodbye Blues.'
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On Mockingbird, she mostly succeeds in making this very fine collection of songs her own.
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Whether or not it works as a testament to "the feminine voice" is debatable, but Mockingbird reasserts that Moorer's is an artistic voice worth hearing.
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The effortless Mockingbird proves she doesn't need to write to make music that's all her own.
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TriciaE.Apr 29, 2008
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MikeM.Mar 5, 2008