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Classic Album Review: Tara Lyn Hart | Tara Lyn Hart

The Canadian country singer keeps it down-to-earth on her head-turning debut.

This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


She lives in Nashville these days, but Roblin’s favourite daughter Tara Lyn Hart hasn’t left behind her rural girl-next-door roots on her major-label debut.

As first albums from country songbirds go, this one is refreshingly down-to-earth — there are no double-entendre tunes, no blatant crossover rockers and no belly button shots (in fact, the 21-year-old mother of two seems more eager to get her wedding band into as many pix as possible). And with good reason — on these 14 tracks of roots-pop sweetness and light, the torch ’n’ twang of her confident, textured voice is all she needs to turn heads. The field of uniquely named country gals is pretty crowded with Shanias, Rebas, LeAnns and Wynonnas — but it looks like they’re going to have to make room for Tara Lyn.