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Adam Carroll’s latest album, Far Away Blues, sounds like it’s proud of its Texana label–glad to be associated with Robert Earl Keen and Ray Wylie Hubbard. Produced by Texas country legend Lloyd Maines, the disc sees Carroll pickin’ and smirking his way through common-man fare such as “AFL-CIO” and “Picture Show.” But underneath the corn lies plenty of depth, as Carroll often transcends the genre he so gleefully embraces. The best evidence is “All the Way,” a chilling ode to obsession that nearly subverts all the folksy clichés inherent in a scene sadly dominated by the likes of Pat Green.
