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Slaid Cleaves
“UNSUNG”
RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS
The acclaimed singer-songwriter’s fourth album is made up of other composers’ work. But you’d hardly notice, as most of the cuts echo Cleaves’ knocked-down but wryly resilient worldview and pristine folky arrangements. Plus, when David Olney is your best-known songsmith, it’s likely that this is the first time most of us will hear any of these tunes anyway. Still, it would be nice if a rare talent such as Cleaves were a little more prolific with his own brilliant stuff.
