/Alt-folk, Folk indie, Singer-songwriter, Indie folk, Alt-country, Americana/
Comment: Derek Clegg is a troubadour from Chicago, Illinois, USA who has issued three albums in 2011. Across Town is a follow-up to the albums Here Comes Your Fate, Quick Duck, and Beautiful World. I can say only superlative words about this 12-notch album. All the elements of the album are craftily unisoned with each other, offering up a remembering worth listening experience. Mostly it is folk, less it is country, however, all of that is made up of high-flown, majestic Americana. More profoundly, the velvety, accentuated singing manner is counterbalanced with lofty synthesized strings and numerous chord changes in a big manner. On the other side, Beautiful World pays tribute to John Fahey and other representatives of the American Primitivism scene. Anyway, you can admit to have parallels with Wilco, Alexi Murdoch, Josh Woodward, and Brian Borcherdt as well. An outstanding album indeed (I have yet not listened to his previous albums, though).