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CD Is Better Than Live Club Performance

Dr. Don Olsen | Denver, PA | 09/08/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I actually bought this CD at one of their club performances. I enjoy the music much more from this CD, as it is not distorted by hyperamplification and excess volume. They were playing to an audience that liked the volume and didn't care about the words. I must say I did enjoy the energy these guys put into their live performance.

I can actually understand most of the words on the CD - important, as there are some real messages about history, our world and the human condition in Ian's lyrics.

I'd love to see them in an outdoor performance some day after they return from Europe. Maybe they will be able to afford a better sound system by then.

Back to this CD - This music is some of the best of the new Americana stuff that's flowing out these days - almost up to Carrie Rodriguez - which is about the highest compliment I can give a group."

Raw, random recordings, but very rewarding

A. Boyd | Boston MA | 10/18/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album is a haphazardly appealing collection of acoustic songs, backed mostly by light percussion, accordion and bass. Lyrically, tales evoke the feel of The Band, with production stripped down to bare bones. Forget polish - there is little to be found here. But the songs are infectious, and blossom with each listen. Led by Ian & James Felice, vocals are quirky and smack in the middle of John Prine and old Bob Dylan. This CD grows, and grows and grows. GENRES: Mellow Rock, Folk Rock.



BUY IF YOU LIKE: John Prine, (old) Bob Dylan, The Band.

MUST HEAR TRACKS: "Little Ann," "Frankie's Gun," "St. Stephen's End," "Murder By Mistletoe.""

Fantastic

P-MO | 08/21/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Felice Brothers doesn't fall under what I normally listen to. The first time I heard one of their songs I knew I had to hear the rest."