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's stunning debut album, a death-haunted collection of country-folk dirges sung in an ancient croak of a voice, begged the question, if an acceptance of death is both redemption and deliverance from a life of pain, struggle and regret, where to next? With, his second album, makes it clear that the answer is simply more of the same. Like the first offering, this release practices a stern folk minimalism, with 's whiskey gargle of a voice delivering slow-burning gospel sermons to the sparse accompaniment of banjo or guitar, and when the occasional electric slide guitar enters, it seems to come from the next century, so insular is the tone here. This is country music that is still attached at the hip to gospel and the stern Baptist church hymns that are tailored to the three-note vocal range of the everyman, and 's astounding voice makes it all stick in the mind like a cautionary tale.

But while most of could fit seamlessly alongside, there are some subtle differences that make this album at least a partial step farther down the road to redemption. Death is still the dominate force here, and it sits atop the sequence like a huge shadow in songs like 'The Day the End Finally Came,' 'Diggin' My Grave,' and 'The Buzzards Won't Cry,' but has decided to embrace hope and love in the fiercely romantic 'When Push Comes to Shove,' the stunning train song 'Lift My Jug (Song for Hub Cale),' and the masterful portrait of his farmer father that closes the album, 'Porchlight.'

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These three songs in particular lift the album out of its harrowing fascination with death and allow some light in on the proceedings. Redemption, appears to be saying, just might be attainable in the here and now after all. Is another powerful album from one of the brightest talents on the Americana scene, one who understands that country isn't about how you wear your hat, it's about how you handle the inevitable.

Ashes To Dust Lyrics

William Elliott Whitmore Field Songs

Hymns For The HopelessA1Cold and DeadA2Sometimes Our Dreams Float Like AnchorsA3Does Me No GoodA4Lord Only KnowsB1Pine BoxB2From The Cell Door To The GallowsB3Burn My BodyB4Our Paths Will Cross AgainAshes To DustA1MidnightA2The Day The End Finally CameA3When Push Comes To LoveA4Diggin' My GraveA5The Buzzards Won't CryB1Sorest Of EyesB2Lift My Jug (Song For Hub Cale)B3Gravel RoadB4PorchlightSong Of The BlackbirdA1DryA2The ChariotA3One Man's ShameA4Rest His SoulB1And Then The Rains CameB2Lee County FloodB3Take It On The ChinB4Red BudsB5Everyday.