| Sugarcoating, Martin Sexton’s new studio album (April 6 release) finds this one-of-a-kind writer/artist doing what he does best: locating larger truths within the specific details of the life he’s living. “I write from personal experience — my own hang-ups and quirks, good times and bad times,” he acknowledges. “That keeps it real.” The title song, disturbing in its theme and audacious in its presentation, takes “keeping it real” to another level entirely. It’s an unsettling look at post 9/11 reality, encapsulated in the lines "I wonder why nobody wonders why/with all… |
