Thursday 15th May 08:00 PM
At 25, singer-songwriter Devon Sproule has already released four albums, lived on a rural Virginia commune, toured with the Dave Matthews Band and drawn from musical influences as diverse as Frank Zappa, Bikini Kill and an assortment of Canadian folk music.
Sproule's new album, Keep Your Silver Shined, documents the singer's return to Virginia. Produced in the Blue Ridge Mountains during her engagement to musician Paul Curreri, the disc reflects Sproule's easygoing country existence, complete with a splash of jazz and Appalachian folk.
There's a refreshing sweetness about the work of this 24-year-old American songwriter -- there in her mellifluous vocals and poetic, freewheeling lyrics that, in the way of Bjork and Joanna Newsom, are more blank verse than rhyming schemes. Sproule's songs ooze the atmosphere of balmy Virginia days - she grew up in a commune in the state - and her sunny outlook is infectious. She even has a song called 'Dress Sharp, Play Well, Be Modest'. This second album extends her musical reach into swing and country flavours, clarinet and pedal-steel accompaniments; even some erratic production doesn't dent Sproule's youthful charm. The Observer
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