Reviews: Wyoming Territory

On her latest record, Wyoming Territory, Vermont’s Kristina Stykos continues her ascent as one of the state’s premier Americana songwriters. A road-weary work filled with laments on life, love and longing, Stykos’ fifth album plays like a local answer to Lucinda Williams’ own fifth release, her seminal 1998 Grammy-winning record, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.” - Dan Bolles, Seven Days

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In “Wyoming Territory” we find a musically mature artist who is a master at expressing the underlying mood of her lyrics in sound. The key word here is emotion. But the author and composer is far from the emotional chaos of bubblegum pop. Many phenomena she sings about we know from our own lives. When Kristina Stykos tells about longing and love, all our human doubts, uncertainties and anxieties vibrate along with it. ” - Günther Klößinger, Rocktimes

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Kristina Stykos, one of our favorite singer-songwriters and now a top-flight local recording producer, released two new albums in the waning days of 2012 ... “Wyoming Territory” is the result of a one-month residency awarded Stykos, from Chelsea, by the Ucross Foundation, near Sheridan, WY. This lovely ranch-styled residence also hosted former Vermonter Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Annie Proulx. The result of Stykos’ month-long residency a year ago was eight songs, written and recorded at different stages of production there. She later added four more songs to complete the album in the year it took to finalize the production.” - Art Edelstein, Times Argus

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