Music Review: 'Of My Native Land' from Clothesline Revival

NPR

Published February 19, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Conrad Praetzel and Robert Powell take old American ballads and folk songs and transform them into modern works. Their band is called Clothesline Revival. Chris Nickson reviews the album Of My Native Land.

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