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Reviews

Ola Podrida: Belly of the Lion

By Matthew Fiander

All through the record, David Wingo succeeds at creating affecting, gauzy rooms of sound. Although once in a while, a song gets lost in them. [19 November 2009]

Ola Podrida: Ola Podrida

By Gentry Boeckel

Debut album from filmmaker David Gordon Green’s frequent soundtrack collaborator, David Wingo, is not far off from Green’s Southern noir storytelling. [1 June 2007]