“Six O'Clock News” by Kathleen Edwards

"Six O'Clock News" comes off Kathleen Edwards' Failer, released in January 2003, and it's hers from top to bottom: she wrote it alone, strums the acoustic guitar and co-produced it with Dave Draves, who also recorded the track and plays the organ. The band around her knows exactly when to lean in. Jim Bryson adds electric guitar and his voice, Fred Guignon brings slide guitar, Keith Snider picks banjo, Kevin McCarragher holds down the bass and Peter von Althen handles drums and percussion.

It's a sound that splits the difference between the back porch and the bar at closing time, all twang and grit with nothing polished off, and John Whynot's mix leaves the rough edges where they belong.

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