American Kid (CD + Bonus DVD) (2013)

Griffin maakte deel uit van Robert Plants Band Of Joy en Plant is nu op zijn beurt in drie nummers van dit album te horen. "Centred around her father's passing, this seventh from the American country singer is a suitably ruminative affair, mixing her sadness with cameos from his life. Its gentle acoustic arrangements, full of intricate guitars and mandolin, come with only the odd up-tempo piece, such as the ringing "Don't Let Me Die In Florida". Griffin reaches deep for the songs, taking her father's part as a young man on "Not A Bad Man "and the piano ballad Irish Boy, while the lovely Ohio, to which her sidekick, Robert Plant, adds harmonies, reflects on waters that are 'softer and deeper than time'. A triumph." (Neil Spencer, The Observer; waardering: 4 uit 5 sterren) "Een ware mijlpaal in Griffins oeuvre. Inhoudelijk sterk, emotioneel, afwisselend - een van de allermooiste platen van 2013." (Thomas Spiekerman, Lust For Life; waardering: 5 uit 5 sterren!)