"It's a rich time for Burnett fans," says the Rocky Mountain News, "with new music and new projects among the best work he's done." In its review of T Bone Burnett's Nonesuch debut, Tooth of Crime, it gives the album an A-, calling it "a strong set of songs. Burnett has been at the forefront of reimagining the recording process in the age of digitized sound. He recently made mention of it in an interview with Bob Boilen on NPR's All Songs Considered. As he explains it to Rolling Stone: "We've been fighting the limitations of digital audio since it first came out ... [I]t's just got to the point where the Dude could not abide."
"It's a rich time for Burnett fans," writes Mark Brown of the Rocky Mountain News, "with new music and new projects among the best work he's done." In his review of T Bone Burnett's Nonesuch debut, Tooth of Crime, Brown gives the album an A-, calling it "a strong set of songs," and points to standouts like "Dope Island," with "a delicious vocal" by Sam Phillips; "Kill Zone," in which "Burnett singing about pain and grief to a lovely, lush backing track"; and "Sweet Lullaby," the closing track, “with a folk-influenced treatment reminiscent of his recent production work with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss." Read the review at rockymountainnews.com.
T Bone has been at the forefront of reimagining the recording process in the age of digitized sound. He recently made mention of it in an interview with Bob Boilen on NPR's All Songs Considered. As he explains it to Rolling Stone magazine: "We've been fighting the limitations of digital audio since it first came out ... [I]t's just got to the point where the Dude could not abide." For details of his proposal for maximizing the quality of digital sound, you can read about it at rollingstone.com.
