Chuck Brodsky - Last of the Old Time

Chuck Brodsky retains his usual sharp wit and his usual interests on his fourth album, Last Of The Old Time. He sings in a friendly wheeze over easy-rolling folk-country arrangements played by a sympathetic band of pickers. His familiar folk-based melodies are simple and rudimentary, and the entire musical effort wouldn't count for much on its own if it didn't act to support all those clever words. Brodsky is very much a student of Bob Dylan, who earns a name check in "He Came to Our Town" and is nearly quoted in "40 Years." But Brodsky has his own viewpoint, one that he expresses in broad, sarcastic humor that has no room for subtlety. Read More