From the album's title, through song titles such as 'Livin' on Beans and Cornbread' and 'Kiss Indiana Goodbye', to the simple, straightforward narratives of these country folk songs there's a real sense of the home-grown and earthy about Amy Lashley's music. 'Travels of a Homebody' is very much an album about roots, in every sense: Amy's geographical origins in Russellville, Indiana,a farmong community with a population of 376 inform her lyrics, and the music is very firmly grounded in Americana. It's charming, and honest and unpretentious and from the heart.
I can't fault Amy's playing, her composition or her singing either; she has a voice that is melodic and easy on the ear. But when all is said and done, she's just another bar singer. A good one, for sure, but nothing more.
Amy Lashley Online
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