Rating: 4/5
Review:
A fine collection
This is a fine compilation of sessions recorded for the Bob
Harris Country programme.
A look at the tracklist tells you most of what you need to
know: it's a sequence of top-notch musicians playing live with largely
acoustic, stripped back versions of fine songs.
There are (to me) familiar tracks in brilliant live versions by people
like Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves and Brandy Clark and also some wonderful
discoveries like the superb Girl In A Country Song by Maddie and Tae (an interesting
juxtaposition with the following Dwight Yoakam track, by the way). Some songs here don't do much for me – but
that's a matter of taste rather than quality and in any collection of 30-odd
songs by different artists I'd expect to like some and be less keen on others,
and overall this is a classy collection.
So - a very good, well recorded selection which shows the
sheer quality of musicianship around at the moment in a way that only live
performances really can. Warmly
recommended.
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