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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Swamp Dogg was produced by Ryan Olson and features guest appearances by Margo Price, Jenny Lewis and Vernon Reid.
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  1. Jun 5, 2024
    90
    Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St is a timeless collection of American music that could only be created and delivered by the 81-year-old self-proclaimed “original D-O-double G”.
  2. Uncut
    Jun 5, 2024
    80
    Swamp Dogg shows how music can speak truth to power on the ballad “Songs To Sing” and rousing “Rise Up”, which features that rarity in bluegrass: a face-melting electric guitar solo, courtesy of Vernon Reid. [Jun 2024, p.39]
  3. Mojo
    Jun 5, 2024
    80
    This is Williams winningly flexing his more substantial songwriterly muscles. [Jul 2024, p.92]
  4. Jun 5, 2024
    80
    This terrific project has its shining moments, with a few missteps along the way, yet it will likely go down as a winner. This aggregation of talent doesn’t come along often.
  5. Jul 17, 2024
    80
    Blackgrass shows he can make a memorable bluegrass album as easily as he can craft a potent soul groove. The surroundings are unexpected, the quality is not.