By GRAHAM REID
(Herald rating: * * * *)
Greg Brown, a craftsman writer from Iowa (who once recorded William Blake poems), gets a fine 17-track retrospective If I Had Known of material from '80 to '96.
The additional disc is a wonderfully informal and informative 45-minute DVD bio-portrait from '93 which puts him in his rural context and includes interviews (Garrison Keillor, family members) and concert footage.
Excellent package for newcomers to this universal-regionalist.
Label: RHR/Elite
<I>Greg Brown:</I> If I Had Known
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