Rating: 5/5
Review:
An excellent compilation
I think this is an excellent compilation. I say that not because I love every track – I
don't – but because it contains some truly excellent music and gives a wide and
interesting selection of some recent Americana.
I suspect that most people will be like me with this disc;
there will be some tracks and artists you know and love and some which are new
to you. I have known and loved the work
of Patty Griffin and Mary Gauthier for years and have both the albums from
which their excellent contributions come.
I also knew a little of some of the others, but I'm very glad to have
been introduced to some of the artists here like Noah Gunderson and Robert Earl
Keen (what a great version of Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
!). You may like others more, and even
dislike some of the album as I do – and that's fine because it's what this
album is for.
In short, this is a really good sampler of some contemporary
Americana, which I can warmly
recommend to anyone who wants to know more about what's been going on recently.
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