★★★★★
Though this year's "American Idol" was widely derided as one of the least compelling seasons in the show's history, it did produce a couple of singers who also write the majority of their own songs - no small feat in a competition dominated by voices who are often molded for mass consumption in their post-"Idol" careers by an army of producers and songwriters...
- leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com
2010-12-27
★★★★★
Just as Adam Lambert did during the eighth season of American Idol, season-nine contestant Crystal Bowersox did her damnedest to prove that a performer with an unconventional and potentially hard-to-market POV could succeed on one of music's most visible stages. And like Lambert before her, Bowersox finished her Idol run in second place, coming up short against a bland, forgettable frat boy with middling guitar chops...
- www.slantmagazine.com
2010-12-20
★★★★★
American Idol goes her own way At this point in American culture, we all know the results of American Idol mean absolutely nothing. Some of the show's biggest successes (Clay Aiken) and most intriguing performers (Adam Lambert) didn't even win the contest for their respective years. Likewise, some of its most triumphant success stories during the competition have found the post-Idol music landscape frighteningly deserted (Has anyone heard from Taylor Hicks or Ruben Studdard lately?)...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2010-12-20
★★★★★
Breathe easy, Bowersoxers: Life in the post-Idol fast lane hasn't scrubbed the season 9 runner-up of her earthy hippie-chick vibe. But if Farmer's Daughter feels like one of the most genuine Idol-contestant debuts yet, it's also one of the dullest, with Bowersox hitting every note exactly the way you expect her to. Only "Mason" ? a lovely Ray LaMontagne-ish folk-soul ballad ? gets her out of the blues-bar rut.
- ew.com
2010-12-13
★★★★★
Country Having suffered a second-place finish at the hands of yet another unremarkable spiky-haired moaner on the ninth season of "American Idol," Crystal Bowersox makes an unexpected comeback with her first proper album, "Farmer's Daughter." Unexpected because, well, as the title indicates, it's an album of glossy new-country tunes and not the throat-shredding blues stuff she showed such a mastery of on the show...
- www.sfgate.com
2010-12-13
★★★★★
"American Idol" has been going through growing pains lately. Ratings for the past season were down, they're rearranging judges and, in the most obvious sign of viewer fatigue, albums from contestants are sinking like a stone. The most obvious casualty is Season Nine winner Lee DeWyze, whose "Live It Up," has sold less than 70,000 in its first three weeks and is falling fast. Does a similar fate await runner up Crystal Bowersox with her debut, "Farmer's Daughter" out Dec. 14...
- www.hitfix.com
2010-12-13
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