Comments on: Album Review: The Time Jumpers — The Time Jumpers http://www.engine145.com/album-review-the-time-jumpers-the-time-jumpers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=album-review-the-time-jumpers-the-time-jumpers A Roots Music Publication Tue, 21 May 2013 13:03:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Reagan http://www.engine145.com/album-review-the-time-jumpers-the-time-jumpers/#comment-62001 Reagan Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:32:54 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=20753#comment-62001 I saw these guys live the other night, and they were absolutely OUTSTANDING. They continually mentioned their new album, so I decided to look up some reviews, and judging by what I've read...I think I'm gonna have to pick it up. There's just so much talent here. I saw these guys live the other night, and they were absolutely OUTSTANDING. They continually mentioned their new album, so I decided to look up some reviews, and judging by what I’ve read…I think I’m gonna have to pick it up. There’s just so much talent here.

]]> By: Occasional Hope http://www.engine145.com/album-review-the-time-jumpers-the-time-jumpers/#comment-54433 Occasional Hope Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:57:22 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=20753#comment-54433 This is an excellent record. This is an excellent record.

]]> By: Rick http://www.engine145.com/album-review-the-time-jumpers-the-time-jumpers/#comment-54419 Rick Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:03:24 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=20753#comment-54419 Western Swing is one of my favorite sub-genres in the country music realm and the fact an album of this nature came out of Nashville is almost a revelation in this day and age. While western swing remains popular in Texas and Oklahoma (because they still know how to dance to it in those states), this style of music has been forgotten in most parts of the country after it faded from country radio in the late 1950's. It's fantastic that the members of the Time Jumpers personally love this music enough to keep it thriving in Nashville, with special kudos to Vince Gill for joining the band and giving them a high profile. As much as I love this album I give it 4 out of 5 stars. I listen to a lot of vintage Bob Wills and modern stuff from bands like The Hot Club of Cowtown and The Marshall Ford Swing Band. I just wish this new Time Jumpers album had that kind of wacky exhuberance that inhabits the best of western swing music as studio slickness does not serve the genre well. For me there's just a little too much Naashville in the production of this album. This is truly a fine album by any measure though and will appeal to anyone with even a passing interest in the western swing style. All they really needed was a lead male vocalist that sounds like Tommy Duncan... Western Swing is one of my favorite sub-genres in the country music realm and the fact an album of this nature came out of Nashville is almost a revelation in this day and age. While western swing remains popular in Texas and Oklahoma (because they still know how to dance to it in those states), this style of music has been forgotten in most parts of the country after it faded from country radio in the late 1950′s. It’s fantastic that the members of the Time Jumpers personally love this music enough to keep it thriving in Nashville, with special kudos to Vince Gill for joining the band and giving them a high profile.

As much as I love this album I give it 4 out of 5 stars. I listen to a lot of vintage Bob Wills and modern stuff from bands like The Hot Club of Cowtown and The Marshall Ford Swing Band. I just wish this new Time Jumpers album had that kind of wacky exhuberance that inhabits the best of western swing music as studio slickness does not serve the genre well. For me there’s just a little too much Naashville in the production of this album.

This is truly a fine album by any measure though and will appeal to anyone with even a passing interest in the western swing style. All they really needed was a lead male vocalist that sounds like Tommy Duncan…

]]> By: Ben Foster http://www.engine145.com/album-review-the-time-jumpers-the-time-jumpers/#comment-54394 Ben Foster Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:39:55 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=20753#comment-54394 Wow! All that praise AND comparisons to Kitty Wells and Patty Loveless. I am definitely buying this. Wow! All that praise AND comparisons to Kitty Wells and Patty Loveless. I am definitely buying this.

]]> By: Janice Brooks http://www.engine145.com/album-review-the-time-jumpers-the-time-jumpers/#comment-54386 Janice Brooks Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:01:41 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=20753#comment-54386 This will be on my top 10 album list for sure. Western Swing is alive and well. This will be on my top 10 album list for sure. Western Swing is alive and well.

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