Kathleen Edwards

Main | From the Archives | Album Reviews | Photo Gallery | Videos | Discography

Album Reviews

Photo

Kathleen Edwards

Back to Me  Hear it Now

RS: 3of 5 Stars

2005

Play View Kathleen Edwards's page on Rhapsody

On her 2003 debut, Kathleen Edwards was a twenty-three-year-old folkie trawling dead-end bars and the ashtray of her mind for character sketches and tough, heart-rending tunes. She sang of alcoholism, bad parents and a gun-toting lover, and managed to sound older than she was. On Back to Me she still does, for good and bad. The roots-rock downers are blander than her admirers would hope, full of sepia-toned melodies and abstractions about old mistakes and never going home again. When she's on, her tunes suggest an unavoidable presence, as on the opening one-two punch of "In State" and "Back to Me," which recalls Lucinda Williams' "Joy" in its bar-ready, man-defying feistiness. But Edwards' mix of bravado and beauty is epitomized by "What Are You Waiting For?" a midtempo rocker in which she gracefully harmonizes, "You've gotta be fucking kidding me."

CHRISTIAN HOARD

(Posted: Mar 10, 2005)

Advertisement

News and Reviews

Advertisement


How to Play This Album

  • Click the play button.

  • Register or enter your username and password.

  • Let the music play!

No commitment.
It's FREE.

 

Track List

Play All

Photo

 

Your Turn

Give us your review of Back to Me

Advertisement

 

Everything:Kathleen Edwards

Main | From the Archives | Album Reviews | Photo Gallery | Videos | Discography

 

RSS Subscribe to Rolling Stone Kathleen Edwards feed

See all available RSS feeds / learn more

Advertisement

Advertisement