RIVERFRONT TIMES SAINT LOUIS MO. PRAISES AMELIA'S OLD POSTCARD

Even with the country-music establishment’s recognition — if not full-on embrace — of left-of-center songwriters Brandy Clark and Kacey Musgraves, Amelia White isn’t holding her breath. She has too many exceptional songs to write (her “Black Doves” remains one of the most poignant antiwar hymns in the Americana vernacular) and is too confident a voice to hold anything back. The Nashvillian’s forthcoming album Old Postcard features a plush, sometimes gospel-lifted sound and recalls the kind of records Lucinda Williams used to make. And it should make a name for White with anyone who cares about three chords, melody and the truth.  Roy Kasten