REVIEW: Kelsey Waldon “No Regular Dog”

I said there was love, right? In fact, No Regular Dog features what Waldon calls her first song about love “in its purest form.” “Simple As Love” does, indeed, slow it on down for a spell but still flexes Waldon’s Kentucky wit – “Like a junkie’s got its itch/It leaves you wantin’ more, wantin’ all of it.” And the sorrow of losing a loved one shows up in “Season’s Ending,” an acoustic-led tune that centers on the loss of John Prine, but extends to all we might have lost over the couple of years – “But spring can’t last all year and the flowers will soon be fading.” Waldon’s strong ties to her mentor are deeply felt in the Prine-esque line “We come in this world cryin’ and we leave it all the same.” Influences and all, though, Kelsey Waldon is in full possession of her own talents. Returning to the title track, she calls herself “A survivor of my dreams.” Turns out, she’s thriving.

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