"The pallet-load of songs sweeps in and out of nearly every corner of American music: jazz, rock, mountain, Motown, country, hip-hop, soul. There's even an orbit around 1950s science-fiction film soundtracks in his zany, sweet tribute to a former planet,...
"Robbie Fulks was 8 years old when he got his first taste of performing. His father was a part-time musician, playing bluegrass and traditional folk music around small-town Virginia. On occasion his young son sat in with...