Review
Well, butter my biscuit if Colter Wall ain't done it again! That deep, gravelly voice of his could make a coyote sit up and listen, I tell ya. His fourth album, 'Little Songs', is like a love letter to the wide-open prairies of Saskatchewan, where he's been livin' the rancher life these past few years. Recorded down in Wimberley, Texas, with Patrick Lyons helpin' out on production, this album's got more stories than a small-town barbershop on a Saturday afternoon.
Now, don't you go thinkin' this is just another run-of-the-mill country record. Colter's taken a page from the books of Marty Robbins and Stan Jones, mixin' in that classic country-western sound with his own special brand of storytellin'. He's got eight original tunes on there, plus a couple of covers that'll make you sit up and take notice. His take on Hoyt Axton's 'Evangelina' is somethin' else, and don't even get me started on what he does with Ian Tyson's 'The Coyote & the Cowboy'. The title track 'Little Songs' is like a warm hug on a cold night, remindin' us how music can fill up all the empty spaces in our lives. And that last song, 'The Last Loving Words'? Well, it's the kind of waltz that'll have you reachin' for a tissue and your dancin' shoes all at once. - Daisy
