Kim Beggs - Blue Bones (2010)

Tracklist

01. Honey and Crumbs
02. Mama's Dress
03. Maiden Heart
04. Terrible Valentine
05. Can't Drive Slow Yodel
06. Bring out Your Bones
07. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
08. Firewater Bones
09. Trapeze
10. Summertime Lonesome Blues
11. Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
12. Longest Dream
13. Just Someone I Used to Know

Canadian country singer/songwriter Kim Beggs may hail from north of the U.S.-Canada border, but she maintains a familiar rural, working-class persona on her third album, Blue Bones. In her breathy, childlike voice, she recounts tales of lost souls, frequently drenched in alcohol, spending their time in bars when they aren't speeding down the road. The songs are set to country shuffles prominently featuring twangy string instruments or florid organ fills that contrast well with Beggs' singing. She throws in covers of Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and the country standard "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes," among others, but it's her originals that demonstrate the similarity between honky tonk sensibilities wherever they may be found in North America. There are more references to cold weather than might be expected if this were an album coming out of Nashville, but many of the concerns are the same.

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