Wonderful reviews continue to come in for “Witness”!
Here are a few:
“Angela Easterling’s new album, Witness is a triumph of songwriting. Easterling masterfully ducks in and out of the best subgenres Americana has to offer while holding on to one important kernel: radical vulnerability. Whether she’s slinging skronky blues or heartfelt folk, Easterling’s songs cut to the quick.” Rachel Cholst, Adobe and Teardrops, Nov. 3, 2022
Read the whole review here: https://adobeandteardrops.com/2022/11/angela-easterling-witness.html
“With her sixth album Angela Easterling continues to make very special albums that gleam and resonate in their own unique way. Beautiful, sprawling gems, her songs shimmer through styles and showcase that rare quality of intelligent, emotional music. Delicately and attentively crafted, each song feels like an extension of the crystalline, country-folk-fueled leaf that she turns as she soars on wings of resilience and redemption, but not before walking through the valley of the shadows of pain and abuse and desolate loneliness. Her lyrics weave the personal and political into highly relatable songs that seem designed to strike an emotional chord while tapping into the zeitgeist. She focuses on self-exploration, love, family, parenthood, and the wretched state of the world with unflinching clarity: a masterclass on well-trodden themes. Songs that not only capture the jagged despair growing out of social and cultural division but also evoke the resilience of the human spirit. Angela’s luminous voice mirrors the rich, emotional quotient of her themes, breathing life into songs that balance contemplative compassion with a righteous fury. Ultimately, WITNESS is a record extolling the need for honesty, empathy, and a call to change society’s most destructive urges.” Alan Cacket, Nov. 7, 2022
Read the whole review here: https://alancackett.com/angela-easterling-witness
“Another fine album with superb lyrics. 4 1/2 out of 5 Stars” Paul Riley, Country Music People (UK) November, 2022 Edition
“Ultimately, Witness emerges as an emotional and meaningful statement about a world that often seems to defy any sense of meaning or morality. Once again, Easterling’s words resonate with a shared sentiment common to those who feel disillusioned and discouraged by today’s sad state of affairs. ‘I watched my plans and expectations float away like lost balloons’ she reflects on the shimmering closing track “Grow Old”. Happily, though, all is not lost. ‘I wanna know how your life unfolds, I wanna see you grow old’ she goes on to tell the object of her affection. It’s that undiminished desire that suggests, for all life’s trials and tribulations, Angela Easterling can still witness the hope that lies just beyond the horizon.“ Lee Zimmerman, Alternate Root, Breaking Thru, Nov. 2, 2022
“Witness” has also been landing on several radio airplay charts!
FAI Folk DJ Chart: In October, “Witness” was #16 in the Top 50 Album Chart, Angela was #19 in the Top 50 Artists Chart and “Deportee” was #16 in the Top Songs Chart. It remained on the chart through November, with Angela #35 in the artist chart and “Witness” #22 in the albums chart.
“Witness” also landed at #18 on the NACC Folk Chart in November.
In December, “Witness” was #19 on the Roots Music Report Americana Country Chart, and Angela’s songs “Home” and “California” were #24 and #25 on the Singles Chart.
Additionally, Americana Highways Readers chose “Witness” as the #3 favorite album released in October, 2022, and Angela’s music was featured on the Americana Highways podcast. https://americanahighways.org/2022/12/01/favorite-albums-of-october-2022/amp/