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If you like your alt-country heavy on the lyrics, your bluegrass a little on the folkie side, and your musical repast complete with something solid to sink your teeth into, you will love Singing Biscuit. Residing in Tallahassee, Florida, Carrie Hamby's first release chronicles moments of her adopted state's history, although not always events and situations any chamber of commerce would prefer to see emphasized. She offers protest and poignancy on under-reported tragedies of the commons, child labor slavery, and environmental disasters. But she balances all this with a number of songs detailing the ups-and-downs of human relationships. "Singing In The Meadow" has a widow longingly recalling a husband killed in the war and concludes with her knowing she will meet him again in eternity. Stephen Foster's "Little Annie" is a sweet tune about a young couple, as are "Lowlands" and "In the Fall." The vocal harmonies match the mood and spirit of each song, carefully crafted as a work in itself. Hamby's vocals and lyrics have been compared to folk-country greats as Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, Iris DeMent, and Michelle Shocked. Hamby's vocals, rhythm guitar, accordion and percussion, are backed by Mike Snelling on double bass and lead guitar; Frank Graham on lead and rhythm guitars and harmony vocals; Dennis Hardin on resophonic guitar, banjo and harmony vocals; Angie Prather on harmonh vocals; David Leporati on mandolin and Doug Gauss on harmony vocals.