River Fools & Mountain Saints is a tremendous album that has certainly received plenty of praise and attention since it’s release 2 months ago. That being said, if I’m able to reach just a few more appreciative followers – it’s all worth it. With Ian Noe’s means of songwriting & storytelling, it’s no surprise that production by Andrija Tokic & members of both The Raconteurs and Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit backing Noe, that this album is such a gem. You don’t just hear, but you can feel the songs he has put before us. It seems evident that the song books of yesteryear are beginning to turn the page and begin a new chapter and when that does indeed happen – Ian Noe seems poised to take that baton and run with it – ala Dylan & Prine.
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“Ian Noe is a master craftsman of character and setting, manifesting men and women that feel as real as rain in the mind’s eye, and casting them in scenarios that make you materially and emotionally invested in them, all within a three minute interval”
– @saving_country_music
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“Ian Noe could make a go in country music on the power of his voice alone, but like previous Kentucky songwriters, he wants to tell the story of those local legends. His latest album, River Fools & Mountain Saints, shows us that the truth of Kentucky lies somewhere between its best aspirations and its worst reputation”
– @americanahighways
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