Civil Wars: Barton Hollow – review

(Columbia)Already a huge word-of-mouth success in the US – they recently won two Grammys and Adele rates them the best live act she's ever seen – Nashville-based duo Joy Williams and John Paul White have crafted a bewitching debut album of sparse, spectral Americana. Pitching up somewhere between the brooding beauty of Mazzy Star and the understatement of Low, the likes of "20 Years" and "Poison & Wine" benefit immeasurably from the pair's intertwining vocals. Elsewhere, a cover of Michael J...

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