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Article: KATHLEEN EDWARDS TELLS IT LIKE IT IS.(77 SQUARE)(REVERB)(Column)
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- The Capital Times
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- May 1, 2008
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Byline: ROB THOMAS The Capital Times
Nobody tells them off quite like Kathleen Edwards . The Canadian singer-songwriter busts through any polite or shy stereotypes that her native land might still carry, as her roots-rock songwriting is direct, uncompromising and sometimes salted with naughty words.
She focused her fire mostly on departing or disappointing ex-boyfriends in the past, but on the new "Asking For Flowers" CD she turns to the world around her to express her feelings. It's not hard to figure out the head of state she calls out on "Oil Man's War," while "Oh Canada" takes a hard look at the priorities of her native country. Even when she writes ...