{"id":973,"date":"2009-06-23T13:08:04","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T20:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=973"},"modified":"2009-07-22T10:08:35","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T17:08:35","slug":"urban-folk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2009\/06\/23\/urban-folk\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Folk"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

“Young, Yet Weathered and Knowledgeable”<\/h1>\n

Musician & Lyricist Justin Andrew’s blue-jeans and bare feet music<\/h3>\n

Review by R.A. Moore<\/b><\/p>\n

As much as I appreciate the twists and turns that the music entertainment business impales us with, I cannot help but appreciate when a new, young artist flips the pages of the calendar back and melds vintage composition and method with fresh modern lyrics. After all, I was born during the \u201cSummer of Love\u201d to a young mother who was always experimenting with the innovative music changes that were to become ground-breaking foundations for future artists. So, on the rare occasion that I am exposed to someone who has found a good recipe, I have to take a taste.<\/p>\n

Justin Andrew soars onto the scene carried on a lofty breeze with the aromas from a time of ragged bell-bottom jeans and barefoot crusades for peace and love.<\/p>\n

As the first tranquil melodies of tracks like Roses from his previous \u201cPillars\u201d days and Be still don\u2019t cry, from his new release titled Transplant<\/i> invade your senses, the deep acoustic tones and heart-felt lyrics send your psyche into mellow-mode. His song writing instantly invokes personal memories of life, love and loss in a world where we are all steadily becoming blue-collar.<\/p>\n

In an era of weak song writing, he offers up a fresh, unpolluted air of creativity, reminiscent of a time of legendary wordsmiths from the late 60\u2019s and early 70\u2019s like, Woodie and Arlo Guthrie, Simon and Garfunkel and Don Maclean, just to name a few.<\/p>\n

Based out of the Pittsburgh scene, he brings his folk acoustic design with a feel of casual conversation interlaced with the agile use of steel guitar, organ tones and drum brushes in the backdrop, sending you on a rainy-day excursion, where you are the voyeur, peeking into the soul of Justin Andrew the lyricist and musician.<\/p>\n

As I listened to the tracks he has on his Myspace page, I realized that his personal tone and style of vocals was the modern and fresh touch that brought his arrangements full circle to the present; a young, yet weathered and knowledgeable feel to his words.<\/p>\n

The songs off the new e.p. Transplant<\/i>, like “Fuses,” “Clarke County, Oh,” and “Haunting” have a subtle Western stride. I felt as if I were given the treat of a ballad told by a cowboy poet like Chris Ledoux while sitting riverside in the mountains of Montana.<\/p>\n

If I had to sum Justin Andrew up, which I do, I would say that his works so far are solid, his lyrics are solemn and personal and his skills as a musician sharp and focused. The sincerity to his songs are palpable and speak to the simple day to day existence of us all, which can\u2019t help but be entertaining.<\/p>\n

Justin Andrews\u2019 interpretations mature the more times you listen and I can see them weathering time and filling a different void depending on where you are in life at any given moment.<\/p>\n

My advice . . . go throw on an old pair of your favorite jeans, kick your shoes off, grab a spot under a shade tree and give Justin Andrew a listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Young, Yet Weathered and Knowledgeable” Musician & Lyricist Justin Andrew’s blue-jeans and bare feet music Review by R.A. Moore As much as I appreciate the twists and turns that the music entertainment business impales us with, I cannot help but appreciate when a new, young artist flips the pages of the calendar back and melds vintage composition and method with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[573],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":489,"url":"https:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2008\/07\/01\/justin-townes-earle-interview\/","url_meta":{"origin":973,"position":0},"title":"Justin Townes Earle interview","author":"admin","date":"July 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/reviewermagazine.com\/justin-townes-earle-interview.htmlJustin Townes EarleBy Danny R. 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