A well known talent to folk and blues fans James Talley's songs have been covered by such artists as Alan Jackson, Johnny Cash, Gene Clark, Johnny Paycheck, and even Moby. On his newest record James delivers 16 more tracks showing his great songwriting talent with empathetic support from a support group of musicians including guitarist Tommy Detamore, bassist Dave Carroll, pianist Floyd Domino, drummer John Gardner and vocalist Jamie Graves. Tracks include: North Dakota Girl, Santa Fe Blues, Cold Blooded Killers, Whiskey And Beer, Big Thunder, Song for Shiloh. Heartsong reminds, or will inform you, if you're coming to James Talley's music for the first time of how good his albums are. The songs are, as usual, uniformly strong. - Jerome Clark.