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Title: A brief history of American music...
Review: Califone is amazing..."Heron King Blues" blew me away and "Roots & Crowns" vaporized what was left of me. It is like traveling through all genres of American music in one listen. It's dirty, it's raw, it's emotional, it's sedated...basically it's real...completely real. If you like the blues - buy it. If you like country - buy it. If you like avant garde - buy it. If you truly like music - BUY IT. The list of intruments played is so long and diverse you would think that it couldn't sound like anything but noise...well, it does. However, controlled noise would be a better label. And through this controlled noise, melodies rise up and gradually take form that bring you back to music that sounds so familiar, but like nothing you've ever heard before.
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