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Raising Sand

by: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Release Date October 29, 2007
Sublime, intersting and flawless. For me, reminiscent of Gram Parsons/Emmylou Harris in terms of depth, colour and spirituality.

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The Calling

by: Mary Chapin Carpenter

Release Date August 18, 2008
Ms Chapin Carpenter's music is an elusive and deceptive creature.
On the face of it she has always been a singer/songwriter whose album
releases have an enduring, predictable and reassuring quality.
Somehow one always seems to come along just when you need it.

So here we have her ninth offering (not counting the 'Party Doll' and
'Essential' compilations) and the word 'Essential' does indeed
have meaning here.

Her warm, tonally sound, rock-solid mezzo and guitar carry these
thirteen fine songs with good grace, refinement and consistantly
convincing understatement.

Matt Rollings production and keyboards, Dean Parks and John Jennings
guitars, Glenn Worf's bass and Russell ... Read More:

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Lonely Runs Both Ways

by: Alison Krauss

Release Date November 15, 2004
So many other reviews have so succinctly said what I fear I may fail to say. I was working her Birmingham 2005 concert when Restless stopped me in my tracks. As a Steward it is a rare, fine musical band that can cajole me into buying two of their CDs instantly, on the face of one beautiful song.....but am I glad!

AKUS's music could be for those gentle folk who do not want to admit to liking some country music. It could be for those who like exquisite harmonies and pure sound. Or it could simply be for those who love. If you've never been dumped.....if you've never felt crushed....if you've never looked into someone's eyes and seen their soul stare back, then for god's sake buy this album. You simply haven't lived.

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Waking Up Laughing

by: Martina McBride

Release Date April 02, 2007
Waking Up Laughing is the first album that Martina has written songs for and she produced it on her own(she is well able for it too)
This is such a beautiful collection of heart - rendering songs that you will simply fall in love with.
Martina always picks and now writes songs that make you feel so many different emotions and songs that you can relate to.Like the standout power ballad Anyway to the fantastic uptempo Everybody Does(you will so connect with this one).She starts off the album with a brilliant kiss off song If I Had Your Name filled with a cracking fiddle and electric guitar solo.Another sweet song is Beautiful Again(about hope).There's also her gorgeous ballad Tryin' To Find A Reason which features Keith Urban on harmonies.
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Live

by: Alison Krauss

Release Date November 04, 2002
This is a treasure.
First I bought the dvd edition. Excellent quality of sound and
vision and a superb concert.
Now I have bought the double CD edition.
This is really a little jewel...
Buy it !!!

CD-Charts Position 6
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All I Intended to Be

by: Emmylou Harris

Release Date June 09, 2008
I liked this album a lot. It starts off strong and gets better through to the two songs at the end, which for me were the highlights. Beautiful lyrics, beautiful voice, beautiful music, beautifully produced. A melancholy album pretty much through and through I felt, and that would be my only criticism. Nothing pacey and upbeat to help mix it up a bit. Four stars from me.

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New Favorite

by: Alison Krauss Union Station

Release Date August 18, 2008
Alison Krauss has one of the beautiful voices in modern music. But this album shows Union Station to be so much more than her stunning vocals. The stand out feature of this album is the musicianship of all members of the band. The addition of jerry douglas dobro has added a new layer to their compositions. This album is simply a must.

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Awkward Annie

by: Kate Rusby

Release Date September 03, 2007
I like to listen to Jerry Anderson on BBC Radio Ulster, he's really funny (although when my English Nephew was visiting he couldn't understand a word anyone on the show was saying) and he plays nice folk music. I heard the song 'village green appreciation society' a few times on his show, and thought it was brill (I don't remember the Kinks version.) I surfed the net to find who sang it, and came across Kate Rusby - what a discovery! I bought this album on the strength of that one track, and have played it nearly to death already. I like all the songs, as well a loving Kate's accent (I spent two years in Leeds when I was at college, and it brings me back to those happy times.) Buy it. Play it. Love it.

CD-Charts Position 9
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

by: Various Artists

Release Date August 28, 2000
I'm not from the US, my family hail from Kashmir and I was born in the UK, grew up listening to punk rock but WOW! The soundtrack literally drips with the era and place it hails from; every time I hear a snippet I swear I can feel the heat and smell the wheat - so amazing!

CD-Charts Position 10
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Burnt Toast & Offerings

by: Gretchen Peters

Release Date April 09, 2007
I'm fairly new to Gretchen Peters, usually preferring the harder style of Lucinda Williams and Mary Gauthier. But this CD is truly fantastic. I saw Gretchen recently in concert in Glasgow and she described this as 'her divorce album', which helps to explain the raw pain in her songs. The lyrics of 'The Way You Move Me', also commented on by another reviewer, are simply perfect. Other great tracks are 'This Town' and 'Breakfast at Our House', the latter almost brings me to tears when I play it. But there are a few happier and more up-tempo tracks too - 'England Blues' has even made it onto my ipod for running at the gym! Gretchen's voice is perfect, as is the tone on this album. I can't rate this highly enough, and needless to say I now own Gretchen's entire back catalogue!