Buddy Miller

Though the Millers are husband and wife, as well as longtime collaborators, Written in Chalk is just their second album as a bona fide duo. Fans of Alison Krauss and Robert Plant's Raising Sand will freak for this stuff. Written in Chalk very consciously recreates its predecessor's well-crafted balance of stealthy roots 'n' roll ("Memphis Jane") and heartbreaking rural balladry ("Everytime We Say Goodbye"). The Long Tall Cool One even contributes vocals to the tune "What You Gonna Do, Leroy."

"Take me back," plead husband and wife Buddy and Julie Miller on "Ellis County," the lead
track of their superb new album. The Millers' nostalgia is audible in their blues progressions
and Appalachian—flavored twang. But these alternative—country heroes steer clear of the
complacency that afflicts their genre, electrocharging their music with the heat and heart
of conjugal passion, and, at spots, with a rock & roll stomp that puts many a vaunt... More >