"The 11 original compositions on the album showcase his preternatural sense of melody and a comfort for the folk idiom...", "A kind of aural home movie....The album is worth hearing for the window it opens on Drake's formative period.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "FAMILY TREE is heavy on country- or folk-blues from the Warwickshire delta....Essential listening for anybody in thrall to the spell of Saint Nick.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "A polished release of oft-bootlegged home recordings....All fragile as pressed leaves..."
