Search - Kasey Anderson :: Dead Roses

Real music for real music lovers

L. Davies | Alexandria, VA | 11/26/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Written with pure grit and sung with a voice weathered like Cobain, Farrar, or Dylan, Dead Roses is an album packed with the kind of songs that are so well-written and so true to the heart, they're what should be on the radio but aren't. From the rocking "Hard on Me" to the heartbreaking "Hold on Caroline" or the haunting lead track "This Old Town," Kasey Anderson delivers truly lyrical music--music so familiar it seems like you've heard it before you ever do, emotions so real you feel like they're your own. At ten tracks, the album is a tad on the short side, particularly considering that it omits the stellar Kasey Anderson track "Kentucky Wind," but overall, Dead Roses is the kind of album you want to listen to over and over again. It's country rock Americana at its best."