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| Spin |
 It's tempting to dismiss this Nashville singer/songwriter as a standard-issue folkie, but on her debut album, a more intriguing picture emerges, as her wispy acoustic guitar and vocal melodies quietly drift into breezy experimentalism. From twangy and ethereal ("Pictures on the Sidewalk") to impressionistic and clicky ("I Do Not Notice") to undeniably Feisty ("Missing Link"), Stars skitters around styles, yet its songs always feel of a piece. Even when mingling with Lambchop's deadpan Kurt Wagner, Tidwell never stops searching for her voice....full text |
| StylusMagazine |
| Cortney Tidwell is the voice issued from numb, unrecognizable faces in the clipped phrases of dream. She’s singular only in that she’s clear and wondrous; you’d be hard pressed to pick her voice from a line-up of new starlets, one through ten, but when you hear her on record, atop a dazzling mix of country-pop, electronic grifting, and cold-fused shoegaze, you understand just what a guide this voice becomes. ...full text |
| IndieLondon |
| CORTNEY Tidwell’s songwriting may be born out of personal tragedy but it has given rise to records of staggering beauty. The roots of her musical career began in 1976, when her mother – a singer and regular performer at The Grand Ole Opry – was diagnosed as being manic depressive. As a result, her mother’s career, which had included a number of chart hits, ground to a halt and she became seriously ill. Her outbursts became so extreme that they kept Cortney from coming out of her room for most of her childhood life. ...full text |
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