From Nashville Scene "Pick of the Week": "It's been said that no one has yet found the right term to describe Minton Sparks, but we're pretty confident in the phrase emblazoned on the T-shirts at her merch table: 'The best country music singer that doesn't sing.' A storyteller of supernatural ability, Sparks appears with a solo accompanist, usually guitar slinger John Jackson, who provides an underpinning of her cadence, through which audiences feel earth being tilled, dirty dishes scrubbed, precious things coveted. Her characters are poor, rural, Southern and white, but with her expertly crafted humor, she makes them universal: In their blossoming, sweaty humanity, they claw back the dignity eroded by the hardships they suffer..." The album includes John Jackson (Side A) and Joe McMahan (Side B) on guitar, and the vocals of Luella Wood and Etta Britt on two tracks. Visit www.mintonsparks.com for more information.