“Jimbo Mathus delivers music instinctual, pure and shorn of artifice, informed by a scholar's sense of place and cultural tradition...” OXFORD AMERICAN 

“Jimbo Mathus is a southern curator of culture from literature to the almighty beat.” —THE ALTERNATE ROOT

“It’s a rambling showcase for his steely lyricism, off-kilter vocals and unbounded musical wanderlust. “ —CMT EDGE

“This could be Mathus’ best solo album yet, ripe with inspired guitar riffs and strong, wide-ranging tunes. It stalks primal indie-rock and alt-country territory. 

Mathus has crafted an album of which Huck Finn himself would have been proud.” —VINTAGE GUITAR

Inside his native Mississippi and throughout the South, however, Mathus is revered as a torchbearer for Deep South mythology and culture.  A Southern cultural ambassador in the best sense.   With The Tri-State Coalition behind him Mathus takes no prisoners on stage.  Think Faulkner novels, Delta highways and “innerplanetary honky-tonk” for the masses. 
 Jim Dickinson once called Jimbo Mathus “the singing voice of Huck Finn.” Outside of the south and around the world Mathus is widely known as the founder of the Squirrel Nut Zippers (discovering and giving start to Andrew Bird along the way), long time guitarist for Buddy Guy, and in inimitable character at large….