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- Steve Yasko
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- "Ralph White: Always an Outsider"
- Summary: profile of experimental folk musician Ralph White, who may not have a wide audience, but has come to symbolize the uncompromising artist
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Review of Ralph White: Always an Outsider
Steve Yasko
Posted on August 31, 2006 at 05:57 PM
This is a piece that makes you want to learn more about the subject.
This piece has a tough job to do, make you care about someone you don't know, and, as the piece indicates itself, not many folks do.
Yet this piece does do that. You kind of want to get to Ralph a bit better. The banjo version of Israelites is worth the listen. Core values are in play in this piece and is evident in the writing and pacing of the piece.
He's Texas baby and this piece is heaped up with context the size of the Lone Star State. I like the honesty of this piece, it's all over the place from Ralph himself to the guests that are interviewed.
If your station has a significant Americana component, air this piece!