The Milroys

The opening track is a most wonderful 'love lost' country ballad featuring Al Perkins on steel guitar and CJ Milroy on vocals. The heart of The Milroys act is CJ and her husband, John, but their friends include a number of names that'll be familiar to you. For example, given the style of that opening number, it's not surprising that Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell add backing vocals to the more up-tempo 'The Marrying Kind'. Indeed, if you were to simply hear these opening tracks with CJ on vocal, you'd be convinced that The Milroys are another in the long line of country duets (George and Tammy, Gram and Emmylou, etc.) but that would not tell the full story at all.

As a case in point, 'The Good News Gospel Hour' does what it says on the lid with a vocal from John and is the first of three tracks where CJ and John have Railroad Earth as their backing band. It also reveals that The Milroys are not a one trick pony and, if that wasn't convincing enough, 'Hallelujah Time' has John teamed up on vocals with Jerry Lawson of The Persuasions. So, The Milroys take on a number of styles depending on their musical partners but the songs are all their own. - www.netrhythms.co.uk

"The epitome of pure Americana in the classic storytelling tradition." - WWW.AMERICANAHOMEPLACE.COM

"Songwriting as classic as Ian Tyson's or Tom Russell's" - The Birchmere

The Milroys by The Milroys—This Midwestern husband and wife team were award winners at this year’s MerleFest, and with a debut CD like this, it’s no wonder! This is imaginative, quality Americana that deserves to do well on the radio charts, both Americana and mainstream country. All the songs were written by CJ and John Milroy, but they were fleshed out on the record by newgrassers Railroad Earth, former Persuasion Jerry Lawson, Sally Van Meter and others. The songs are country, cowboy, gospel and folk, with just a dash of Paul Simon (the tune Hallelujah Time, which was the MerleFest winner) and, dare I say it, Canadian songstress Anne “Snowbird” Murray (the opening track, My Favorite Heartache, sounds like 1970s Anne Murray to these furry ears). Appealing vocal and instrumental arrangements help make the songs likeable and accessible even to the more casual fan, I suggest. Too bad the Milroys only seem to tour the Midwest with a bit down South, and too bad they’re not on a label that can give them the promotional support they deserve. Don’t pass this one by! This is fab, even to a cranky old critic like yours truly. - Stephen Hug

"From the first to the final, each cut is strong enough to take a bow on it's own. An intriguing package of songs from a formidable duo. Recommended". - SING OUT MAGAZINE

"At a time when "Americana" has become a nebulous, catch-all label, the Milroys clarify things for puzzled music fans. This is Americana as it was meant to be played and heard." - GREG CRAWFORD

"I hear many, many performers each year. I am also a musician myself.
I've been doing sound for over twenty years and I can count the number
of songwriters I have come across of their caliber on one hand. Their songs are very well crafted and
extremely well executed. They will endure for a very long time."

Martin V. America
Armadillo Sound and Design

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