Mockingbird Time

AlbumJan 01 / 201112 songs, 50m 10s
Americana Alt-Country
Noteable
D+

It probably would’ve been easy for Gary Louris and Mark Olson to reconvene The Jayhawks and just pick up where they left off as partners in 1995, recording a sound-alike sequel to their classics Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow The Green Grass. Instead, their new album, Mockingbird Time, takes into account 15 years of…

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Back in the 1990s, the Jayhawks were supposed to be huge. They'd plugged away for several years before releasing their breakthrough, Hollywood Town Hall, in 1992, earning the label alt-country more by coincidence than by actual sound. That album and its follow-up, 1995's Tomorrow the Green Grass, honed the rustic harmonies and observational songwriting of Gary Louris and Mark Olson, who sang beautifully together about real people traipsing through the snowy Midwest. Although critically praised, the band never quite graduated from a cult to a mainstream act, which resulted in Olson leaving the band and Louris soldiering on and writ...

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The alt-country pioneers are back, and they're as good as ever, says<strong> Michael Hann</strong>

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