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RS: 3of 5 Stars

2006

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Kelly Willis' sweet, burnished voice practically spells heartache. But Willis isn't depressive so much as playfully bummed out. With its prickly-pear guitars and candlelit ambience, "Reason to Believe" sounds like the lullaby of a woman who's lonely now but is still certain she will meet that special someone. The highlight of the album is her take on the Western gal's campfire anthem "Don't Come the Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!" by the late, great Kirsty MacColl. As Willis drapes her yearning voice over the tough but funny lyrics, she neatly splits the difference between country-music sentimentality and straight-talking, singer-songwriter self-awareness. She sounds like the queen of the honky-tonk indeed, the sort of smart and beautiful woman who makes cowboys -- good, bad and ugly -- hop right off their high horses and start talking real purty.

PAT BLASHILL
(RS 903 - August 22, 2002)



(Posted: Jul 30, 2002)

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