Earning Her Wings

Angela Easterling

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2007)
• Original Release Date: August 1, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: De L'Est
• ASIN: B000HA42Y8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #437,710 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

As we are firmly nailing our colours to the mast at Smart Choice Music by championing new music, and the new generation of artists, it seems fitting that Angela Easterling's Earning Her Wings is our pick of the year. Having spent her formative years working in the West Coast country scene, Angela rediscovered her Carolina roots for this old-school country album. Delightful tongue-in-cheek pastiches of songs about truckers and cowboys, a hint of gospel and authentic acoustic instruments and production has the spirit of the Carter Family and Kitty Wells flowing throughout. However, Angela manages to put a youthful, new slant onto a well trodden path and has produced a vibrant debut album.
This is country roots rediscovered and played the way it was always meant to be played. --Smart Choice Music

Review
A Baptist minister s daughter who has spent a significant amount of time playing music in Los Angeles, the South Carolina native allows her varied roots to shine through on this excellent release.

Conjuring up images of both Saturday night frolic and Sunday morning redemption, Easterling has created an enchanting brand of neo-traditionalist country that mixes hard-edged honky tonk with fetching ballads. Her voice is a gorgeous instrument, capable of extracting nuances from a wide range of country-oriented material.

Songs like the Carter Family-inspired River Jordan, the moving Long, Gone, True and the yearning title track evoke the elemental allure of her Appalachian roots. Easterling further taps into her heritage on the old-time gospel sing-along When I Wake Up To Sleep No More, a 60-year-old song written by a distant relative.

Balancing the album s mountain sensibility are some terrific honky-tonk numbers that bring to mind such classic performers as Jean Shepard and Rose Maddox. Of note are the steel guitar-driven Feel Like Drinking, the rockabilly-flecked Toy and the spry Truck-Driving Man.

Country fans who like music with deep roots might want to check this one out. --Jim McGuinness, Kingsport Times

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD!, September 25, 2008

By	Reeza (Port Arthur, TX) - See all my reviews

I loved this CD. Angela is very talented in her songwriting. My favorites were Truck Drivin Man, Feel Like Driking, and Dear Johnny. She reminds me of Loretta Lynn and Emmylou Harris. I highly recommend this album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Country as it should be, April 6, 2009

By	Daniel T. Irwin - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

On "Earning Her Wings" Angela Easterling most surely does. This is the best COUNTRY music I've heard in a very long time. Angela's voice is 24karat spun gold. The past decade we have seen country/pop , country/rock, country/rap. This CD is not country slash anything. It's the real deal. It would have been a perfect country record 50 years ago , and will be a perfect country record 50 years from now. It does'nt sound dated,it's timeless. There is no compromise with anything from Angela. Not a bad track on it. The accompanying musicians are all perfectly suited and well versed in the tradition. If your tired of the faux country we've been hearing on the radio for so long BUY THIS NOW. Angela Easterling is the real deal! A must have for fans of Patty Loveless , The Carter Family , Loretta Lynn, Alison Krauss and Union Station and Emmylou Harris. I LOVE this record.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CD I enjoy again & again, December 2, 2008

By	Duane Mathis (Florida) - See all my reviews

I bought this CD over a year ago and I still listen to it often. The songs are so varied and so good, I never get tired of it. I also bought one for my mother and for a nephew and they both love it too, so it goes over well with different age groups. Angela writes great country-folk songs and the musicians she works with are outstanding! My favorite track is Long, Gone, True, reminds me of my favorite artist, Alison Krauss.