Jim Marunich - Coaltown

'Jim Marunich combines so much that is great about Americana music into one album. Alt-country, R&B, Roots Rock, Honky-Tonk, Bluegrass, and authentic and original songwriting. There's something about his voice alone that does as much service to the genre 'Americana' as the songs. He manages to give vibes of Lyle Lovett and Steve Earle, and covers all the bases like a Lucinda Williams album; all the while indomitably forcing the listener into his originality...'