This is imaginative, quality Americana that deserves to do well on the radio charts, both Americana and mainstream country. All the songs were written by CJ and John Milroy, but they were fleshed out on the record by newgrassers Railroad Earth, former Persuasion Jerry Lawson, Sally Van Meter and others. The songs are country, cowboy, gospel and folk, with just a dash of Paul Simon (the tune Hallelujah Time, which was the MerleFest winner) and, dare I say it, Canadian songstress Anne �Snowbird� Murray (the opening track, My Favorite Heartache, sounds like 1970s Anne Murray to these furry ears). Appealing vocal and instrumental arrangements help make the songs likeable and accessible even to the more casual fan, I suggest. Too bad the Milroys only seem to tour the Midwest with a bit down South, and too bad they�re not on a label that can give them the promotional support they deserve. Don�t pass this one by! This is fab, even to a cranky old critic like yours truly.
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