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WILLARD GRANT CONSPIRACY
Everything's Fine
Rykodisc Records
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Organic in its textures of choir and acoustic accompaniment, Willard Grant Conspiracy's, "Everything's Fine," rings with a rural
revivalist resonance. Mandolins and violins spice a collaborative ensemble that surround songwriters Robert Fisher and Paul Austin with authority and reverence.Robert's gravelly baritone cross a sleepy Johnny Cash
with a well fed Tom Waits to produce a moving feast of small towns and strangers, nomads and ne'er do wells. Paul's playing, ripe with despondent honesty and rootsy understatement, has, "Everything,"
waltzing with dusty eloquence and humble fortitude. Solemn, serious music that is both beautiful and full of grace, Willard Grant Conspiracy transforms loneliness into stoicism and philosophical resolve into
scholarly poetry. With a genuine affection for the traditional, "Everything," is burdened with emotions, yet quietly
evangelical. by John Noyd
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