Sometimes you wonder if there is a street or neighborhood in Nashville where young women are subjected to everything our dear Lord has forbidden. Where they, in other words, are given a thorough preliminary education in order to grow into a lived-in and streetwise country singer. Like Morgan Wade who's covered in tattoos and has a sweet but hurt look, as if she's seen too much that can't bear the
… light of day. Her debut album has the obligatory title Reckless and is full of songs about booze, pills, cigarettes and the feral behaviour that goes with it. She sings this raw and lived through and doesn't let it be known that her songs are autobiographical. With Wade's origins in Virginia, her southern American street daisy chop is also in order. The rough country rock of Wade, who has stopped drinking, certainly doesn't sound original, but you can believe every word of it. (MR)more
