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Birdboys by Penelope Houston
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fave it Folk Rock | Folk Blues
12 tracks | 39 minutes
Released May 2006
on Subterranean
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 Harry Dean lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 Harry Dean lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 Harry Dean
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 Talking With You lyrics BUY MP3 03:38 Talking With You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:38 Talking With You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:58 Voices lyrics BUY MP3 02:58 Voices lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:58 Voices
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:21 Living Dolls lyrics BUY MP3 03:21 Living Dolls lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:21 Living Dolls
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:20 Out of My Life lyrics BUY MP3 02:20 Out of My Life lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:20 Out of My Life
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:49 Waiting Room lyrics BUY MP3 03:49 Waiting Room lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:49 Waiting Room
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 Bed of Lies lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 Bed of Lies lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 Bed of Lies
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:44 Wild Mountain Thyme lyrics BUY MP3 03:44 Wild Mountain Thyme lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:44 Wild Mountain Thyme
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:46 Putting Me in the Ground lyrics BUY MP3 01:46 Putting Me in the Ground lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:46 Putting Me in the Ground
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:17 Summers of War lyrics BUY MP3 03:17 Summers of War lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:17 Summers of War
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:45 Stoli lyrics BUY MP3 04:45 Stoli lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:45 Stoli
The singer of San Francisco's legendary Avengers, she also makes brilliant, literate folk pop, that Billboard Magazine calls "a beam of sunlight on a dreary winter morning... A rare find."
Bio / Background
Penelope's first acoustic album.
The All Music Guide gives it a 4****1/2-Best-of-Artist rating.
"The band provides stunning backdrops for her voice--always an impressive instrument, and now possessed with a roundness more akin to British folk-blues artists. Compares with the best of Pentangle. The skill with which the Birdboys execute their jazz-folk-blues rhythms makes the comparison appropriate. The record is a fine achievement ..something quite fresh."-Puncture.
A CMJ Jackpot! review called Birdboys "light years away from the Avengers sound, though no less fervent. Penelope's voice takes on a lilt and range that is sweetly infectious enough to warm the most cynical of ears. If life hasn't meant much to you since Richard and Linda Thompson broke up, Penelope's acrobatic vocals, and lyrics that deal deftly with adult themes like love and politics will give you purpose once again."