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Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Mojo
    Aug 2, 2013
    80
    This is an album of easeful warmth, the sound of an ever restless, exploratory musician coming home. [Jul 2013, p.94]
  2. Uncut
    Aug 2, 2013
    80
    His pieces for banjo, like the revenant lyricism of the title track, are charming, moist eyed miniatures. [Jun 2013, p.74]
  3. Aug 2, 2013
    77
    Aspiring guitarists might need the alternate tuning suggestions, but listeners won’t really need the anecdotes. Rather, Jones puts it all right there in the pieces, speaking volume about the challenges and triumphs of growing up and older without singing a word of the blues.
  4. Aug 2, 2013
    70
    More cohesive and profound at times than the records that preceded it, the album sets a tone masterfully, and lingers contentedly and without rush, allowing the listener to drop in and sit for a spell with Jones as he ruminates on his various lush instrumental moods.
  5. Aug 2, 2013
    70
    Now with My Garden State, the blending of styles is even more finely ground. It’s anything but primitive.
  6. Aug 2, 2013
    60
    Written while staying in the New Jersey house in which he grew up, the record isn’t so much nostalgic as wistful, as if Jones was surveying the streets he used to walk with good memories but no desire to relive the past.

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