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Miranda Lambert, Postcards From Texas (Island) review: A funky Texan firecracker, writes ADRIAN THRILLS
Despite her knack of upsetting the country establishment in Nashville, Texan singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert has become a major star in her homeland.
Not only is country-inspired music enjoying a boom in Britain, but many of this year's biggest crossover acts, including Beyoncé, Post Malone and Kacey Musgraves, have deep connections with the Lone Star State, making this a particularly timely release. Recorded in Austin, and produced by Miranda and Emmylou Harris's ex-guitarist Jon Randall, the album celebrates Texas and New Mexico, with songs set in Dallas, Amarillo, San Antonio and Santa Fe. January Heart recalls the West Coast soft-rock of the Eagles, while a bluesier, psychedelic crunch surfaces on the guitar-led Wranglers, in which she threatens to burn her ex-lover's clothes, including his favourite jeans.
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