The Guthries - Off Windmill

You can forget the 'new' or 'alternative' tags, Canadian sextet The Guthries get straight to the heart of true, legit country on their debut album Off Windmill, with particular ghosts of The Band haunting the music, but also drawing from the twanged hearts of Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and George Jones, among others. There is a real collective, communal vibe to the music. Each member of The Guthries seems to play a dozen instruments with a cocksure looseness, and they swing like crazy without losing their powerful, beer-fueled wallop, while the three songwriters in the band (Matt Mays, Ruth Minnikin, and Dale Murray) rotate lead vocals. Read More