Artist: The Felice Brothers Title: The Felice Brothers Label: Team Love

Synopsis: The Felice Brothers are some good ol' boys playing the music they grew up on, sticking to their roots. The music on this CD is some rather good roots/folk/country music with some blues and ragtime tossed in. There are some really awesome, fun songs on this CD, but the rest are just ok. At first I didn't really like any other songs besides a couple, but after several more listens, a few more songs have grown on me. I love the main singers voice and it seems all the brothers have a good masteryt of their instuments. Most of the songs have a campy/homey feel to them, like they kind of feel like inside jokes to the brothers (this is hard to explain), like they are performing for their friends, which isn't always good on an album, but it works here-makes me feel l ike part of the family. I especially enjoy the songs where the chorus has a lot of people singing. The back of this promo CD says they have been compared to Woody Guthrie (and they spelled his name wrong mind you-"woodie"). The Felice Brothers are pretty good, but they will never be able to even lick the soles of Woody Guthrie's shoes.

Recommended Tracks:

*3. "Frankie's Gun" - Easily the best song-it is the most fun and the best written; everything is awesome on this song-awesome subject matter too. If this was a single it would get 10/10 rating.

2. "Greatest Show On Earth" - Slow at first, with a sweet piano part, and an eerie bass line, then definitely picks up and brings it all together and turns into a very fun song. Awesome piano parts pared with a horn section.

8. "Saint Stephen's End" - A really fun piano diddy, with a lot of the Brothers' friends singing along.

Rating (1-10): 5

Review By: Rand Renfrow

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