Holly Williams
Here With Me
Release Date: Jun 16, 2009
Genre(s): Country
Record label: Mercury Nashville
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Album Review: Here With Me by Holly Williams
Excellent, Based on 3 Critics
Based on rating A-
After a snoozy debut in 2004 got her dropped from her first label, it’s almost certain Holly Williams’ lineage helped her score another go-round with Here With Me. But the granddaughter of Hank (and daughter of Hank Jr.) earns her second chance with a series of unabashedly personal testimonials that reject pop modernity (and bypass Dad’s rabble-rousing) in favor of classic lyrical grace. And that lonesome ache in her voice? It’s gotta be genetic.
Based on rating 8/10
If it's hard to follow in the footsteps of a famous parent, it must be even tougher to do so when said parent is the offspring of a music legend. Singer/songwriter Holly Williams not only faces the daunting task of standing in the long shadow cast by her father, rough-and-tumble country outlaw Hank Jr., but the even longer shadow cast by the grandfather she never knew, country progenitor Hank Williams. While most famous offspring are lacking in the talent department and have to lean heavily on their family name, Williams doesn't.
Opinion: Very Good
THE MARS VOLTA“Octahedron”(Warner Brothers) A few disarming moments on “Octahedron” unfold slowly, with pockets of space and calm. Don’t be lured into trusting them. This album, the fifth studio release by the Mars Volta, employs stillness as a setup for all manner of disruption: sharply pealing riffs, phantasmagorical metaphors, convoluted song structures.
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