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):
Nebraska roots balladeer Josh Rouse did the music. Kurt Wagner, from southern chamber-folk outfit Lambchop, wrote the lyrics.
Together their styles unite to create a magnificent, five-song slice of contemporary Americana — raggedly elegant, darkly alluring and possessed of a rough-hewn beauty created by the intimate interplay between the familiar twang of guitars and the ornate sounds of vibes, cello and trumpet. Not unlike Wilco or Vic Chesnutt collaborating with Burt Bacharach. What could be better? An entire album like this.
