Kevin Kerby - Your Loyal Deserter (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Circle of Life
02. Field of Daisies
03. Touch the Sky
04. Sweet Mystery of Life
05. Regret
06. One Upon a Time
07. Reflection of Your Dreams
08. Moonchild
09. Among the Stars
10. Children of the Sun
11. Aurora


Some people will probably take it wrong, but central Arkansas folk-rock icon Kevin Kerby is a minor leaguer. That's not meant as an insult. Every AA player could play in the major leagues tomorrow; it's only luck or politics or the tyranny of numbers that keeps them from doing so. Kerby's a pro and his honest, solid songwriting is so heartening and refreshing that we wish reviews like this matter - "something obvious and bright, that's what we need."

Unfortunately minor-league critics for minor-league newspapers in minor-league towns don't break artists, but that's no reason to hate on real talent, or to wonder, in that peculiar Arkansas way, if he's so good how come he's here? I don't know either - kid's got tools and he can play.

Arkansas-based songwriter Kevin Kerby is as idiosyncratic as they come, balancing caustic wit with a jolly sense of humour throughout his lyrics. His emotive voice alternatives between vulnerable quivering and powerful confidence in the ten songs of Your Loyal Deserter.

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