Son Volt - American Central Dust

Artist:

Son Volt

See Also:

Uncle Tupelo

Description:

Son Volt: Chris Masterson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, background vocals); Jay Farrar (acoustic guitar, piano); Mark Spencer (acoustic slide guitar, lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Andrew Duplanits (bass guitar, background vocals); Dave Bryson (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Eleanor Whitmore (violin, viola).
Audio Mixers: Joe Henry; Ryan Freeland.
Audio Remasterer: Gavin Lurssen.
Jay Farrar resurrected Son Volt in 2005 after his solo career seemingly ran out of gas, and the two albums that followed--OKEMAH AND THE MELODY OF RIOT and THE SEARCH--were the best and most compelling music he`d made since Son Volt`s masterful debut. AMERICAN CENTRAL DUST (2009), the third set from Son Volt 2.0, was released by the venerable independent roots music label Rounder Records. And while there`s little telling if that decision was dictated by finance or aesthetics, the album sounds austere in a way its immediate predecessors did not. While their previous two outings found Farrar and his new bandmates edging into new musical territory while embracing a bigger studio sound, by comparison, AMERICAN CENTRAL DUST feels more organic and intimate. Farrar still sounds thoroughly engaged as both a songwriter and performer, and his band--Chris Masterson on guitars, Mark Spencer on keyboards and steel guitars, Andrew DuPlantis on bass, and Dave Bryson on drums--is tight and sympathetic, finding just the right angle to approach this material. While the album doesn`t have the feel of a step into new territory the way Son Volt`s past two albums did, it does consolidate the group`s old strengths and confirms Jay Farrar is still an artist worth caring about 20 years after Uncle Tupelo cut their first album.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Dynamite
2. Down To the Wire
3. Roll On
4. Cocaine and Ashes
5. Dust of Daylight
6. When the Wheels Don`t Move
7. No Turning Back
8. Pushed Too Far
9. Exiles
10. Sultana
11. Strength and Doubt
12. Jukebox of Steel

Album Information

Release Date:

07/07/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alt Country

Label:

Rounder Records

Catalog Number:

11661 3274 2

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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