Elizabeth Haddix and the Gurley Flynns Chapel Hill, North Carolina
"Haddix's songs distinctly color outside the traditional lines of jazz, rock, folk and blues. Haddix's lyrics, poetic yet not poetry, brooding yet decidedly hopeful, speak at once with the probing innocence of the pupil and the comforting wisdom of the teacher - a beguiling guide whose accent you can't quite place." - Jason Merritt, Overdub Lane ... more
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