Maggie Austin: Georgia Clay Road
Maggie Austin
Georgia Clay Road
Gulfwind Records
Rating: 85 out of 100
The debut album from Maggie Austin, Georgia Clay Road, can best be described in four words: good, clean, country music. This is independent country music at its best and should have listeners wondering why Maggie Austin isn’t a well-known name already. The album is definitely a great one for the shuffle setting and could stay in the CD player for days at a time.
All of the songs are well interpreted by the musicians and listening to the album proves that they weren’t micro-managed while recording. There is not a bad song on the entire album, but overall “That’s Me” has to be one of the best ones because of the slide guitar and the chord progression of the song, especially during the chorus.
Most of the time albums start with their strongest albums and gradually start to die off at some point before either totally dying or coming up for a last breath at the end with a decent track. This album doesn’t do this at all. The last four songs are among the strongest on the album and show such variation in styles. The variation of styles among the last four include bluegrass mandolin (“Rain on a Tin Roof”), blues infused rock (“What Do I Do with Me”), a pop ballad (“I Wanna Be That Song”), and pop/country (“This Is Forever”). The song selection for the album is great and it keeps the album flowing well, never bogging down on the road in one mood.
Austin has a really clean, alto voice that handles each melody with a playful energy on the upbeat songs. Her vocals on the more emotional songs sound great when relating to pitch, but she misses some of the emotional content. It doesn’t sound like she is singing about things she can relate to on “Does Anybody Love Anymore” and “No Good in Goodbye” even though it’s obvious she has experienced those types of feelings. If she just took more chances in expressing the feelings people experience while in those types of situations, she would be hitting the nail on the head with the slower songs.
Family albums that are worth listening to are so much easier to find in country music today than in the past. Georgia Clay Road is one of these and is definitely one worth having in your collection. It’s not another generic country release and it’s hopefully a great beginning for Maggie Austin. It will be interesting to see what happens with her career in the future.
Ryan T. White
Found out more about this album at: www.maggieaustin.com
Found out more about Ryan and music at: www.thelaterrye.blogspot.com
Georgia Clay Road
Gulfwind Records
Rating: 85 out of 100
The debut album from Maggie Austin, Georgia Clay Road, can best be described in four words: good, clean, country music. This is independent country music at its best and should have listeners wondering why Maggie Austin isn’t a well-known name already. The album is definitely a great one for the shuffle setting and could stay in the CD player for days at a time.
All of the songs are well interpreted by the musicians and listening to the album proves that they weren’t micro-managed while recording. There is not a bad song on the entire album, but overall “That’s Me” has to be one of the best ones because of the slide guitar and the chord progression of the song, especially during the chorus.
Most of the time albums start with their strongest albums and gradually start to die off at some point before either totally dying or coming up for a last breath at the end with a decent track. This album doesn’t do this at all. The last four songs are among the strongest on the album and show such variation in styles. The variation of styles among the last four include bluegrass mandolin (“Rain on a Tin Roof”), blues infused rock (“What Do I Do with Me”), a pop ballad (“I Wanna Be That Song”), and pop/country (“This Is Forever”). The song selection for the album is great and it keeps the album flowing well, never bogging down on the road in one mood.
Austin has a really clean, alto voice that handles each melody with a playful energy on the upbeat songs. Her vocals on the more emotional songs sound great when relating to pitch, but she misses some of the emotional content. It doesn’t sound like she is singing about things she can relate to on “Does Anybody Love Anymore” and “No Good in Goodbye” even though it’s obvious she has experienced those types of feelings. If she just took more chances in expressing the feelings people experience while in those types of situations, she would be hitting the nail on the head with the slower songs.
Family albums that are worth listening to are so much easier to find in country music today than in the past. Georgia Clay Road is one of these and is definitely one worth having in your collection. It’s not another generic country release and it’s hopefully a great beginning for Maggie Austin. It will be interesting to see what happens with her career in the future.
Ryan T. White
Found out more about this album at: www.maggieaustin.com
Found out more about Ryan and music at: www.thelaterrye.blogspot.com
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