★★★★★
Long time Drivin' N' Cryin' mainstay Kinney has crafted a productive if not particularly commercially successful solo career away from the veteran Southern hard rockers. Now ensconced in New York City, Kinney joined with Anton Fier and his loose knit Golden Palominos collective (Fier produced some D N C albums) for this typically rollicking, thinking man's hour long set that is one of the highlights of his bulging catalog...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2012-02-13
★★★★★
Kevn Kinney successfully expresses his
frustration about the current state of the economy without preaching
as he recites "I'm afraid to check the mailbox / between the
bills, collections hide" to the tune of his acoustic guitar. The
album mixes gentleness with a unique outlook on reality that becomes
increasingly pessimistic—sometimes to its demise...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
As a solo act and with Drivin N Cryin, Kevn Kinney has carved out a circuitous and treacherous career path, falling prey to label shuffles (five and counting), ill-conceived genre exercises (DNC's eerily Def Leppard-esque 1993 dud Smoke), and frequent unevenness. Consequently, the last few years have found him constantly reassessing his nearly 20-year career, digging up old nuggets and seeing how they stand up when reworked for a new day...
- www.avclub.com
2009-03-21
★★★★★
Lo-tech almost to the point of affectation, Broken Hearts and Auto Parts wears its rough edges like insignia of street credibility. Yet there's a naturalness to Kinney's writing and delivery that rings true. His songs speak with an artless eloquence over spare and simple backup tracks, with homespun imagery woven into lyrics like "Dialing down the radio/Trying to find a song about you...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
The sophomore release from Kevn Kinney's Sun Tangled Angel Revival finds the Drivin' N' Cryin' frontman continuing to craft acoustic-based, but not entirely unplugged, Southern folk-rock. Less aggressive than his work with Drivin' N' Cryin', this is still tough, uncompromising music, and since D N' C's output of new material seems to have dried up (the band's last album of original songs was released in 1997), the more roots-oriented approach likely reflects Kinney's current direction...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
On his fifth solo album (for his fifth label), Atlanta's on-again/off-again Drivin' N' Cryin' frontman edges closer to combining the ragged country and raging hard rock of his band into a more unified whole. "Welcome to the sun tangled angel revival," he sings appropriately on the opening track, both introducing the listener to his new outfit and to a mix that encompasses his Southern rock, blues and country roots...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Drivin' n' Cryin's Kevn Kinney joins the folk fray with a stunning solo acoustic debut backed by the band and producer Peter Buck. The classic case of a brilliant songwriter stuck within the confines of an okay band, Kinney came bursting forth as a great new talent on the new folk scene with songs like the emotional "Not Afraid to Die" and lilting "The House Above Tina's Grocery." This release was mostly unheard by those who might have appreciated Kinney's unique spin on Southern culture.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
With less instrumentation than his first solo outing, this makes for a tough listen for those not completely appreciative of Kinney's unique Southern rock voice or the solo folk/blues idiom. The title cut is outstanding, as is "Shindig With the Lord"; the song recalls the excitement of a revival tent set up on the outskirts of town as it winds up and down...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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