Artist: Fred Eaglesmith
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #65 Sep-Oct 2006
Fred Eaglesmith – Milly’s Cafe
Fred Eaglesmith’s new album starts in a driving rain 40 miles west of Michigan and concludes with a small-town drought that ends badly. In between, Eaglesmith sings of people coping with loss — of lovers, youth, dreams. It’s going to take a whole lot of water to wash this pain away. After a couple decades [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #56 March-April 2005
Fred Eaglesmith – Dusty
Fred Eaglesmith and producer Scott Merritt must’ve been listening to a lot of Daniel Lanois and Bob Dylan — and Dusty Springfield — lately. With its ambient mood and obtuse instrumentation, Dusty is a drastic departure from Eaglesmith’s rock ‘n’ bluegrass sound, which will make this a very difficult album for some, like one of [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #34 July-Aug 2001
Fred Eaglesmith – Live In Santa Cruz: Ralph’s Last Show
Fred Eaglesmith must have known that longtime bass player Ralph Schipper’s last show with the band would be one for the ages, so he decided to record it for posterity. The result of that night in California has yielded this 24-song double-disc of Eaglesmith and his band, the Flying Squirrels (Schipper, William P. Bennett on [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #22 July-Aug 1999
Fred Eaglesmith – 50-Odd Dollars
Describing Fred Eaglesmith’s musical style is like wrestling an eel; just when you think you have it pinned down, it slips from your grasp. But it’s precisely this elusiveness that makes 50-Odd Dollars so compelling. Experimenting with different sonic effects and mixing musical styles, Eaglesmith emerges with an album full of desperate characters, distinct sounds [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #16 July-Aug 1998
Fred Eaglesmith / Robert Earl Keen – Be Here Now (Asheville, NC)
They may come from different parts of the continent and talk with different accents, but as songwriters and performers, Robert Earl Keen and Fred Eaglesmith speak the same language. Whether they’re relating tales of outlaws, losers, dispossessed migrant workers, big hair, and bigger fish, Keen and Eaglesmith share an affinity for the down-and-out and the [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #12 Nov-Dec 1997
Fred Eaglesmith – Prairie pearl
Somewhere between being a farm laborer, construction worker, antique restorer, chicken farmer and high-pressure water blaster, Fred Eaglesmith has released eight albums in the past 17 years. Those who are generally unfamiliar with the Canadian singer-songwriter might be surprised to learn that one of those releases, 1991′s There Ain’t No Easy Road, was a box [...]
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