Description
On this, their eighth album, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings head back to basics. As the liner notes explain, South was originally envisaged as an all-acoustic trio record that’d strongly feature cover songs. That vision mutated with the addition of the regular BARK rhythm section (John Dymond and Gary Craig) and a couple of guest players, but South retains a far more minimalist feel than their previous album, 2011’s star-studded Kings and Queens.
South is another solid addition to what is now one of the strongest discographies in Canadian roots music.
