New Multitudes by Jay Farrar / Will Johnson / Anders Parker / Jim James (CD, 2012)

Rounder

0011661912922

11052248109

2010s

2957 Sec

2012

CD

Studio Recording

Pop, Alternative, Rock

Album

Americana

Jay Farrar / Will Johnson / Anders Parker / Jim James

New Multitudes

1

Universal Music

12

United States

These folk-friendly indie rockers honor Woody Guthrie by putting their own spins on some of his less-known verses.

4 stars out of 5 -- "Opener 'Hoping Machine', indeed, is irresistibly evocative of Uncle Tupelo at their more stately, Farrar lending a song of optimism-despite-it-all, an appropriately striving melody and hesitant arrangement.", 3 stars out of 5 -- "Four singer-songwriters tag-team in a folk-rock vein, and the high points are when voices unite..."

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