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Dailey and Vincent(more) »rank: 3641by: Dailey and Vincent
Our review:Album Description:The most eagerly-anticipated bluegrass debut in recent memory, Dailey & Vincent introduces a powerful new ensemble steeped in bluegrass and country music traditions, but blessed with the drive, talent, and charisma to assert those timeless values proudly onto today's stage. Co-leaders Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent have already had a profound impact on much of the best modern bluegrass via their contributions to such estimable performers as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. Stepping out on their own for the first time, Dailey & Vincent make breathtaking music that seamlessly connects ... Detail |
A Country Boy(more) »rank: 1496by: Daniel O'Donnell
Our review:Album Description:The most eagerly-anticipated bluegrass debut in recent memory, Dailey & Vincent introduces a powerful new ensemble steeped in bluegrass and country music traditions, but blessed with the drive, talent, and charisma to assert those timeless values proudly onto today's stage. Co-leaders Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent have already had a profound impact on much of the best modern bluegrass via their contributions to such estimable performers as Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. Stepping out on their own for the first time, Dailey & Vincent make breathtaking music that seamlessly connects ... Detail |
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Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits(more) »rank: 1686by: Patsy Cline
Our review:Album Description:This is the longest selling album in the history of country music. Released in 1967, this collection of a dozen gems from country music's greatest female voice raced to #5 on the country charts upon release and has spent over 630 weeks on the country catalog charts since reissue on CD in 1988. Digitally remastered/HDCD. MCA. 2003. essential recording:In the late 1950s and the '60s, country music was essentially a singles medium. This album, first released in 1967 and reissued on compact disc in 1988, collects Patsy Cline's biggest hits--all of them from the country singles market--including 'Walkin' After ... Detail |
Me and My Gang(more) »rank: 2363by: Rascal Flatts
Our review:Album Description:The debut single, 'What Hurts The Most' is the fastest moving single in Rascal Flatts history. Me And My Gang is an enhanced cd that gives fans exclusive Rascal Flatts footage. Produced by Dann Huff and Rascal Flatts. :This fourth effort from the soft-rock-masquerading-as-country band Rascal Flatts moved more than 721,000 copies its first week out, which let the female-friendly trio rub elbows with some mighty heady company. Only four other country artists (Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, the Dixie Chicks, and Tim McGraw) have rolled out numbers like that, and only 24 other acts total (including Eminem, 50 Cent, U2, ... Detail |
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Bringing It All Back Home(more) »rank: 1688by: Bob Dylan
Our review: :'You sound like you're having a good old time,' a purist Dylan fan is spotted telling the artist in the documentary Don't Look Back just after the release of this, his first (half-)electric album. He certainly does. Updating Chicago blues forms with hilarious, tough lyrics--in fact, all but stealing the meter of Chuck Berry's 'Too Much Monkey Business' for 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'--on one side, dropping some of his most devastating solo acoustic science ('It's All Over Now, Baby Blue,' 'Mr. Tambourine Man') on the other, the first of Dylan's two 1965 long-players broke it right down with style, substance, and elegance. ... Detail |
Sounds So Good(more) »rank: 1615by: Ashton Shepherd
Our review: :Ashton's debut album, Sounds So Good, is scheduled for a March 4, 2008 release. The album features the lead single, 'Takin' Off This Pain'. She also made a video for the song, which was premiered in December of 2007 on CMT and GAC. Ashton Shepherd Photos Detail |
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Alice's Restaurant(more) »rank: 991by: Arlo Guthrie
Our review: :While the title track may seem, by now, a rather obvious and nostalgic relic, we'd do well to remember that an entire post-baby boom generation has likely never heard it. At 18 minutes, the song remains one of the most hysterical things ever recorded, and many of its politcal barbs can still sting. But the record also contained two far more lyrical pieces: 'Chillin' of the Evening' and the gorgeous, sweeping 'Highway in the Wind.' Some will turn to this countercultural classic for side one's epic, but it's the exceptional songs on side two that will offer finer rewards. --Roy Francis ... Detail |
A Wonderful World(more) »rank: 1646by: Tony Bennett, k.d. lang
Our review: :Never mind the project's odd couple, 'He's got a girlfriend; so does she' marketing shuck. This is a musical love affair in all its splendor. Produced by the seemingly chameleonic producer T Bone Burnett (who previously revived traditional bluegrass with spectacular success on O Brother, Where Art Thou?), the septuagenarian legend and his unlikely contemporary foil affectionately court a dozen songs from the Louis Armstrong repertoire with the warmth and natural grace that have been a deceptively effortless Bennett trademark for 50-plus years. The pair kick proceedings off with a playful, irony-free 'Exactly Like You,' then perform a tender vocal waltz ... Detail |
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The Greatest Hits Collection(more) »rank: 1947by: Brooks & Dunn
Our review: essential recording:Is there a more dependable hit-making duo in music than Brooks & Dunn? Not likely. Since their debut album in 1991, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn--two middling solo artists who turned out to be dynamite once paired together by a savvy record executive--have charted consistently with songs of various tempos and temperaments. There's smooth pop (a cover of the '70s rock hit 'My Maria'), hard-charging honky-tonk ('Hard Workin' Man'), thoughtful ballads ('She Used to Be Mine'), and the line-dancing craze's very own Rosetta stone ('Boot Scootin' Boogie'). The Greatest Hits Collection gathers 16 of the duo's best-known songs, plus ... Detail |
King of the Mountains(more) »rank: 1637by: Rodney Carrington
Our review: essential recording:Is there a more dependable hit-making duo in music than Brooks & Dunn? Not likely. Since their debut album in 1991, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn--two middling solo artists who turned out to be dynamite once paired together by a savvy record executive--have charted consistently with songs of various tempos and temperaments. There's smooth pop (a cover of the '70s rock hit 'My Maria'), hard-charging honky-tonk ('Hard Workin' Man'), thoughtful ballads ('She Used to Be Mine'), and the line-dancing craze's very own Rosetta stone ('Boot Scootin' Boogie'). The Greatest Hits Collection gathers 16 of the duo's best-known songs, plus ... Detail |