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~ Kathleen Edwards (Artist)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
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Amazon.ca Canadian Essential

With this, her 2003 debut, Kathleen Edwards' was hailed by critics and fans as the next Lucinda Williams. Her gutsy, tough, country/rock songs struck an instant chord with fans across North America appreciative of Edwards’ frank lyrics and honest musicianship. -- S. Duda


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This young Canadian singer-songwriter delivers a sucker punch of an American debut. While it may take a few listens for some of the material to sink in, Kathleen Edwards plainly has attitude to burn and a killer band to back it up. As a rootsy artist who sings about sexual attraction and betrayal with a languid breathiness, she inevitably has been tagged a younger Lucinda Williams, but it would make as much sense to describe her as an alt-country Ani DiFranco or a female Ryan Adams. What's most powerful in her music, however, seems to come from a deeper, more personal place than the study of other artists: from the violent climax of "Six O' Clock News" to the bitter resignation of "Hockey Skates" to the buoyantly rocking resilience of "12 Bellevue" to the offhand sensuality of "Westby." Plainly, she's unconcerned with ruffling feathers, titling one number "One More Song the Radio Won't Like" and elsewhere asking the musical question "Do you think your boys' club will crumble just because of a loudmouth girl?" --Don McLeese

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5.0 out of 5 stars Oh Come On!....., April 9 2004
By J. Robbins (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Failer (Audio CD)
Hey Kevin Donegan!
Her name is Kathleen, not Katherine!
Btw, great cd.......highly recommended!
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4.0 out of 5 stars If Lucinda Williams and Ryan Adams had a daughter together.., Mar 12 2004
By J. Sweeney (manchester, mo) - See all my reviews
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She might be named Kathleen Edwards. I think the song writing style is a perfect blend of those two artists. She writes about failed relationships, not being accepted in the "boys" club that run so much of the music industry, not being able to get her songs played on the radio, having an affair with an older man, too much drink and drugs, and you have no doubt she has sufferred heartache, a thread that runs through most of Lucinda Williams songs. But wait...because she also strikes back. In the song "Westby" she sings "If you weren't so old, I'd probably keep you/ if you weren't so old I'd tell all my friends/ but I don't think your wife would like my friends." In "One More Song the Radio Won't Like," she sings "Reel it in and shut your mouth/reputations are in doubt/write a hit so I can talk you up/ no one likes a girl who won't sober up." Ryan Adams writes a lot like that-songs about being hurt, but he finds a way to poke a finger in the eye. She does that in virtually every song and she sings like she REALLY means it! The band is excellent; they play rock with a country edge. My favorite song is the opener "Six O'Clock News." It's a catchy tune steeped in irony-the boyfriend seems to snap, he's holed up, he's got a gun, and the one thing that might save him is hearing that his girlfriend is pregnant. Alas, she is not allowed near him to deliver the news, and he ends up dead, all over the evening news. Potent songwriting! Highly recommended, and I think this is an artist to watch.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pry it from my cold, dead hands, Jan 10 2004
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I absolutely love this CD. The more you listen, the better it gets. Lyrics are fresh, and range from wise, insightful, and humorous to truly gorgeous and evocative. I have a 10 disc player in my car, and this one has been in since it was released -- well, o-kay, it has been taken out, but only so I can listen to it elsewhere!
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5.0 out of 5 stars True Canadian Grit
Our friends to the north in Canada have been known to give us some of the best artists to grace the pop music world, from the Guess Who to Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell... Read more
Published on Dec 15 2003 by Erik North

5.0 out of 5 stars A wondrous force in her own right
This recording is an absolute joy and Kathleen Edwards is a wondrous discovery. This CD is remarkably consistent in its excellence. As others have noted, Ms. Read more
Published on Nov 25 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars On Her Way
Well, I'm not ready to hand her the "Heir to Lucinda" title, but Kathleen Edwards has a future. She fronts a band that rocks country. Read more
Published on Nov 13 2003 by James Carragher

5.0 out of 5 stars For once, Rolling Stone was right...
I hesitated from buying this album at first due to Rolling Stone magazine's inflation of it--Let's just say that our tastes differ & it goes both ways. Read more
Published on Oct 11 2003 by Glenn Edward Deuman VII

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't write it off at first.
I bought this CD on impulse merely because of the song title "Hockey Skates." I had never heard of her, nor had I heard any of her music, but anyone who writes a song... Read more
Published on Sep 16 2003 by Lawrence Barlow

5.0 out of 5 stars no failer here!
this record sounds as good as her live shows! alt-country at it best! if your like Lucinda, you will love Katherine ! hightly recommended-every song is super!
Published on Sep 5 2003 by kevin donegan

4.0 out of 5 stars amazing debut
some have complained about kathleen edwards' "unconventional" voice, so if you're not down with a little grit in your singers' voices, then go back to listening to... Read more
Published on Sep 3 2003 by Brent Chapman

2.0 out of 5 stars Breathe and Falter
It takes about fifteen listens to have this album sit where you want it to. For the time being, maybe in the car or maybe in the multi-cd player. Read more
Published on Aug 13 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Yeah, it's good, but . . .
. . . but am i the only one who's noticed that "the lone wolf" sounds like exactly like concrete blonde's "caroline" (off 'bloodletting')? anybody? bueller?
Published on Aug 8 2003 by Josh Petrusa

5.0 out of 5 stars Who'd Have Thought?
Who'd have thought that a newcomer would outdo Lucinda Williams? Yet that's just what Kathleen Edwards has done--this is the record Lucinda wishes she had released this year... Read more
Published on Aug 8 2003 by Richard Nelson

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