Music Review

Domestic Blues (1998)

EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Bap Kennedy; Genre: Country/Bluegrass

BAP KENNEDY Domestic Blues (E-Squared) Latest in a long line of Anglo-Celts to straggle to Nashville (Albert Lee, Mark Knopfler, etc.), this Belfaster has made a winning solo debut album for Steve Earle's label. Part of its virtue is the supporting cast (Earle, Jerry Douglas, Nanci Griffith), but the better part is the threadbare soul of Kennedy's voice and his songs' wry charm. B+

Originally posted Aug 14, 1998 Published in issue #445 Aug 14, 1998 Order article reprints

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