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The KAXE Music Team on new music from John R. Miller, Laura Hugo, Charley Crockett, Nicholas Payton, Butcher Brown, Joy Oladokun, Leon Bridges, and Creekbed Carter Hogan.
West Virginia singer-songwriter John R. Miller returns with The Great Unknowing, his third album recorded in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Over 16 songs, Miller shows off a broader breadth of songwriting, moving from twangy Americana and roots rock to graceful waltzes and introspective folk songs.
One of the moments in the album that keeps sticking with me is in "Think I'll Start Over," a duet with Erin Rae that definitely brings to mind the beauty of John Prine and Iris DeMent.
Stout in storytelling, The Great Unknowing secures Miller as one of Americana's premier songwriters today. -KH
Over 16 songs, Miller shows off a broader breadth of songwriting, moving from twangy Americana and roots rock to graceful waltzes and introspective folk songs.
One of the moments in the album that keeps sticking with me is in "Think I'll Start Over," a duet with Erin Rae that definitely brings to mind the beauty of John Prine and Iris DeMent.
Stout in storytelling, The Great Unknowing secures Miller as one of Americana's premier songwriters today. -KH
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