Jonathan Wilson & Jackson Browne – review

The Slaughtered Lamb, LondonCanyon in the Rain. Ballad of the Pines. Valley of the Silver Moon. Dappling country twanglers full of "divine lakes" where "the beaver still chops the pine". The music of North Carolina folkie Jonathan Wilson paints such an idyllic Blue Ridge utopia you'd happily live in his recent album Gentle Spirit, had he not presumably had to take out numerous preservation orders just to record it. But considering he's – ironically – garnering critical acclaim for demolishin...

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