Rivertown

Walt Wilkins Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 6, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sw-South West Label Group
• ASIN: B00006EXKZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,042 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Poetry

2. Spacewalk

3. Genevieve

4. Walnut Street

5. Waltz On The White Sands

6. One Of Those Moments

7. Night Rain City

8. Seven Hillsides

9. Some Men Fall

10. Velvet Sky

11. Hey Tomorrow

12. Bonus Tarck #1

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another winner, April 18, 2004

By 

Mois Benarroch - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rivertown (Audio CD)

This is another great cd by walt wilkins, after the milk and honey which I found lacking and disappointing.
Walt Wilkins is one of the best unnknown singer songwriters, and there are many great ones these days. his music flows through cajum and folk and a great violin. His voice is very effective and his songwriting describing the life of ordinary people is some of the best songwriting coming anywhere in the US.

I first heard Wilkins in a tape a friend sent me 10 years ago, it was his debut and very hard to find "Bull creek souvenir", I listened to it in my walkman every time I walked for many many months. It was amazing. I had a hard time finding it on cd, until I found a seller in switzerland who had a copy. I listen to it very often. For those who liked his two newer cd's I think a rerelease of his debut, which is one of the best debut I have ever listened to, is a must.

Maybe a record label will soon do it.

Anyone interrested in the likes of Guy Clark, Mickey Newbury, Townes Van zandt, Richard shindell, etc... should listen to this cd and this guy.

Rivertown is a great place to start. Order it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Songs of faith and devotion, August 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Rivertown (Audio CD)

I never heard of this guy when I bought this CD. Knew nothing about the music except that it was filed in the Country section. I had a few dollars left on a gift certificate at the local music store. Cover art was kind of cool so I thought what the heck and bought it. Although it was priced at $$$$, it has received significantly more 'carousel time' than the other CDs I purchased that day at full price.

Easy to like, easy to listen to and it won't insult your intelligence. I wouldn't call him a "Christian recording artist" but Wilkin's faith in God shines through on virtually every track. His soulful voice really does resemble Dobie Gray's, and the music is rootsy/folksy with a fair amount of twang. I especially like the tracks Genevieve and Some Men Fall. The music sounds a lot like the roots/folk band Tandy.

My only complaint is that after repeated listenings a sense of sameness pervades...in other words some of the songs sound quite similar to each other.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Balladeering folk-flavored Texas country, October 17, 2002

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rivertown (Audio CD)

Wilkins inhabits the same Texas-centric universe as Pat Greene (who adds harmony on "Velvet Sky"), Cory Morrow, and others. It's a scene that purposely shucks off the radio-homogenizing influences of Nashville, keeping its twang firmly in place, even as it reaches out for folk and rock influences. Wilkins' second studio album (a CD of live performances recorded at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe and a disc of demo recordings appear to be floating around, as well) finds him continuing to explore his role as a balladeering observer, wedding gentle fiddle-and-guitar driven backings to a folkie's introspection.

The major changes in his life -- predominantly marriage and fatherhood -- provide the focal point for Wilkins' new songs. He essays on-going realizations of adulthood ("Poetry"), exuberant love ("Spacewalk"), the transcendent beauty of home ("Walnut Street"), and the memory of an unexpected snowfall. His miniature contemplations bring together the bits and pieces that make up Life, and his clear-eyed view of personal circumstance continues to impress.

Track #12, unlisted on the tray card, is "Field of Blue."

3-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings.