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“Common Law Wife” Video debut and CD Review on PopMatters

The new video for "Common Law Wife" premiered on PopMatters on Nov. 6, 2015
"Angela Easterling's autobiographical song is full of charm, humor, and love."

PopMatters also ran a review of the CD, written by Lee Zimmerman “You’d think ...
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“Common Law Wife” Former Angeleno Angela Easterling returns to town for some album release shows – Pasadena Weekly

'Common Law Wife' Former Angeleno Angela Easterling returns to town for some album release shows, including a Tuesday showcase at Matt Denny’s By Bliss Bowen
10/15/2015 Life rarely unfolds according to plan — a truism at the heart of Angela ...
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“Joy Williams and Angela Easterling are strong Americana singer/writers with vastly different approaches” – Goldmine Magazine

From Goldmine, The Music Collector's Magazine
by Bruce Sylvester
10/30/2015

Joy Williams and Angela Easterling are both strong writers whose voices can sound angelic. Williams (now solo again after her duo the Civil Wars’ abrupt breakup) won four Grammies ...
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Great write-ups in Kudzoo and Icon Magazine

Kudzoo Magazine recently featured Angela and "Common Law Wife" in both a live review and CD review.
"'Common Law Wife" is Angela's best album yet, with every track sounding as good (or better) than folks like Miranda Lambert or Kacey ...
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Perceptive Travel “Musical Getaways – American Routes”

By Kerry Dexter 8-18-2015
Angela Easterling knows about telling story and creating character through word and melody: all twelve of the songs on Common Law Wife are originals, the next step in a career that has seen her earlier albums ...
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“Common Law Wife Review” in Country Standard Time

Reviewed by Donald Teplyske 8-17-2015
Slipping into the spot vacated by Nanci Griffith, South Carolinian Angela Easterling provides her perspective on modern country music, motherhood, the state of her nation, lost love, hometown shut downs and matrimony. Backed by stellar ...
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Angela Featured on For the Country Record!

By Vickye 8-13-2015

Angela Easterling’s new record ‘Common Law Wife’ (due August 14) is something of a coming-of-age album. Her fifth studio effort (after ‘Earning Her Wings’, ‘BlackTop Road’, ‘Beguiler’, and the French-sung ‘Mon Secret’), it has a very ...
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Pittsburgh In Tune

Angela Easterling weaves her spell on ‘Common Law Wife’ By Jeffrey Sisk, 9-17-2015 3.5 Stars. South Carolina native Angela Easterling is a fixture on the Americana scene and the rootsy singer/songwriter has a handful of first-rate records to her credit ...
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Angela written up in No Depression and The Alternate Root!

ON THE RADAR - The Alternate Root 8-19-15
By Danny McClosky Angela Easterling has sworn off marriage, and mentioned it in past albums of her songs. She fesses up on her recent release, admitting that despite breeding and school degrees, ...
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“Common Law Wife” review in Denison Newspapers

By Brad Knowles, August, 2015
"Common Law Wife" is a rootsy album that showcases Easterling's sweet voice and a stellar band....(She) peppers "Throwing Strikes with metaphors to expose rust belt decay, where once-prosperous mills are shuttered. It could fit neatly ...
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“Home and Hearth Fuel Angela Easterling’s Music” Knoxville News Sentinel

By Wayne Bledsoe, 8-14-2015 Singer-songwriter Angela Easterling says having a child and moving back to her hometown was the best thing that ever happened to her art. "It's the greatest influence for songwriting that I've ever had," she says. Easterling, ...
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Live Review in Arts Atlanta

Live Review of Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music Show
by Mark Gresham 8-18-2015 Playing the second set of the evening, Angela Easterling made her second appearance in a Fiddler’s Green at Steve’s. Most of Easterling’s selections were drawn from ...
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