Best New Bands » Willie Watson http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Willie Watson “Folk Singer, Vol. 1″ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/willie-watson-folk-singer-vol-1/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/willie-watson-folk-singer-vol-1/#comments Thu, 08 May 2014 06:10:51 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/wp_bnb/?p=17064 Nashville – On his first ever solo album, Folk Singer, Vol. 1, Willie Watson plays ten recycled tunes. They are stripped down and vulnerable, naked as the day they were born. He’s reviving the roots from which the modern folk movement has blossomed. At a time when traditional instruments and music have morphed beyond recognition (e.g.,

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