Kasey Chambers Barricades and Brickwalls

Price: $14.95

Kasey’s songwriting and performing talent is undeniable and shouldn’t be given just a scant few plays on the cd player. It ventures deeper into alternate styles on a few tracks without ever letting you forget her musical heritage. Of note, for those who missed the limited edition bonus of the Captain, there’s a newly recorded version of the duet with Paul Kelly of “I Still Pray”. Other songs have been well road tested, including the first single “Runaway Train”, and “Not Pretty Enough”, but she also includes a song, “A Million Tears” she has never performed on stage, “There are some lines where I reveal too much about myself, but I feel I owe it to people.. to be honest”. The guest list, well, Lucinda Williams, Buddy Miller, songwriter Matthew Ryan and band The Living End, all showing a hand, but again it’s the Nash Chambers production work with “house band” Bill Chambers, Jeff McCormack and BJ on drums that Kasey relies on to transfer her amazing songs to cd. Power songs like the title track, and “Crossfire”, to the Hank Williams-like song “Little Bit Lonesome” there’s an amazing broad palette.