"I write from my heart about real people and events," says singer-songwriter Allen Thompson. "Unfortunately, reality isn't often pretty, so you won't find a lot of sunshine and sugar in my songs."
Thompson's new album 26 Years offers something more: inviting melodies, lyrics charged by his resonant baritone and bracingly honest turns of phrase, and earthy acoustic arrangements evocative — but never derivative — of musical inspirations like The Band, Lucinda Williams, the Replacements and Jimmie Rodgers.
The Virginia-raised, Nashville-based...
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