Where these gentlemen (Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden and Tom Wilson) find the time to make all the music they do, I will never know. All have great solo careers and Linden (who also produced) has been chillin' with Dylan lately. This, the eighth record from the CanFolk heroes, delivers solid, stripped down rebel rousers that you can dance, drink, fuck and fight along to, or just enjoy on a truck ride down a gravel road. Trading vocals always keeps things diverse, as does the instrumentation here. Opening with Wilson and Linden's "North" and "South", both toe-tappin' kickers, it's the deadly "Everything I Am" and "Blow Me A Kiss" that the Folk Fest crowd will cream over. Nobody sings like Wilson, and his deep delivery is the driving force in this trio, especially on the aforementioned "Kiss". This one should keep you going until the snow thaws.

Published in Volume 68, Number 13 of The Uniter (November 27, 2013)