The Gourds on the KGSR morning show, July 10   (The Gourds)
2007-06-29 09:55:03

The Gourds will participate in an interview/performance on the KGSR morning show in Austin on CD release date, July 10 between 9 and 9:30am in support of their brand new release Noble Creatures.

You can listen to KGSR at the link below.

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Amazon says "treat yourself" to The Gourds' Noble Creatures   (The Gourds)
2007-06-29 09:52:12

Three tracks into Noble Creatures, you hit the album's heart. The opening notes of "Promenade" faintly recall the Band's non-pareil classic, "The Weight," but it's Kevin Russell's high lonesome vocal quaver and Max Johnston's long-toned, austere...

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No Depression reviews The Gourds' Noble Creatures   (The Gourds)
2007-06-21 12:14:16

The Gourds' ninth studio release, their first for Yep Roc, continues to mix equal parts genre-blending road-honed instrumental grooves, iconic verbal turns, and impenetrably opaque lyrics. The musical hooks are ample, but the memorable verbal phrases are...

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Dallas News reviews The Gourds' "Noble Creatures"   (The Gourds)
2007-06-01 00:00:00

Roots rock can be formulaic and eventually tedious, but that's not the case with the Gourds. Jimmy Smith, one of the band's two songwriters, likens the variety to polyculture farming, a concept he picked up from Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's...

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