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Wiser Name in the Sand Good Death Dead End Days Divinity Walk Away Parallel Loneliness Cowboy Dreams The Other Woman Desert Roads Sixth Sense
What the critics are saying: Any artist would be hard-pressed to meet the expectations that arise from reading this Canadian singer-songwriter's bio: Travels through 17 countries before age 21 and an impressive formal education at the California Institute for the Arts that touched on everything from jazz to East Indian styles. For all this, Wiser is a surprisingly staid foray into country-tinged soft rock, albeit a solid one. It's less ethereal than Sarah McLachlan but happily substitutes an honest, lived-in feeling for the former's new agey tendencies. Kurtis does indeed sound Wiser. Steve Fouchard Xpress Magazine "Kurtis' songs are a roosty blend of country and folk sensibilities, reminiscent at times of Roseanne Cash and captured well by co-producer and country veteran Keith Glass at this Perth Studio." Allan Wigney Ottawa Sun