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MP3 Travis and Jonny - From Here to There
15 MP3 Songs in this album (59:18) !
Related styles: FOLK: Alternative Folk, POP: Pop
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The words "folky" and "catchy" aren''t often spoken in the same sentence (ones I use, at least), but it''s true of Travis and Jonny—and it''s not the only potentially confusing thing about them. Though there is a Travis and a Jonny, they are actually a five-piece and, while it''s a folk band, their lyrics are (gasp!) about modern-day issues and not whiskey stills, tambourine men, and the like. It''s folk music that does some soul-searching and exploration and doesn''t just tell story after story of people who are hopelessly down on their luck or overcoming adversity with a perseverance of the spirit. It plays like folk music should in 2008: It''s smart, addresses problems that have been around since the dawn of time with a keen, modern eye, and looks back in history for inspiration without giving anyone the sense that the band would rather be hopping a train with Arlo Guthrie somewhere in the Midwest with only their wits and a guitar. Pat O''brien - City Pages
You could take your parents (or, alternatively, your kids) to see Travis and Jonny. The group has enough alt-country sensibility and salt to appeal to the young ’uns, but they also conjure a nostalgia for 1960s pop. Jonathan Kraft (a.k.a. Jonny) comes across with the happy-go-lucky fervor of Paul McCartney on the White Album, even as the group, which is actually composed of five members, musically channels a mishmash of current country-folk artists. Refreshingly, they avoid folk-music clichés of losing wives and hopping freights in favor of contemporary issues, though they do have a song about a miner. Jessica Chapman - Minnesota Monthly
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