McKENZIE - 2 For The Road

The long awaited new album from McKENZIE arrived just before Christmas. “2 For The Road” features the duo talents of Zoe Caryl and Scots born Kenny Plenderleith. There is a third member of McKenzie. You don’t hear him, but Perthshire’s Alex Birnie contributed no less than eleven of the tracks on the 14 track album.
The album includes “Ice Road Truckers”, which features George Hamilton IV, and there’s also some neat steel guitar from BJ Cole on three of the tracks.
Zoe is obviously the main vocalist in the duo. She has a great voice for ballads like “That Country Song”, “Waiting For You”, “One Tear From Home” and “I Cant Love You Anymore”, whilst “Just Because You’ve Fallen Out Of Love” is a bit more uptempo. They also do a neat tribute to “Les & Mary”, really capturing folk duo’s sound.
Kenny’s vocals are featured on the rather poppy “Live ‘n’ Kicking”, and the duo share harmonies on “Loved Rolled Me Over”.
The album certainly featured some nice original music, is well produced, and well worth a listen.
Check out their music at www.myspace.com/mckenziecountry