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Music Monthly: May 2001 / Vol 18 No 5 / Issue 200

King Lewman Paper Train A Song Cycle - Volume One (independent)

Kristin King and Lance Lewman are a wife/husband team who've been performing and writing songs for over twenty years, and the polish you get over that long haul shows up in this CD of original songs. On their website, they describe themselves as "a blend of country and rock". The bulk of the tunes are ballads, and they go down easy.

A stand out tune is "Alive in You" ... it's exquisite lyrically and melodically, and the production value is truly wonderful with background strings and horns reminiscent of a Beatles tune from Sgt. Pepper's or Magical Mystery Tour. It's a song inspired by the loss of Princess Diana. It's written as if they're singing the song to the young princes - Will and Harry. So rich a tune, you hear something different with each play.

A good song has some hook that makes it memorable, so you can walk away humming it. King Lewman's do. That's a mark of their skill. Someone can have talent; but if it's not honed, you're still just a novice with potential and not a pro. This family and their band have their act together. The vocals, musicianship and production values are in place.

The album is dedicated to their children - nine year old twins and a four year old. They show up a couple times in short vocal bursts between the tunes.

With 16 tunes on the CD, there's a lot of music here on Volume One, and a lot of it is really, really good. I'm looking forward to Volume Two.

- H.P. Handy, www.MusicMonthly.com